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powers like France, who have had regional monopoly Seeking anti-terrorismalliance may be one reason for the interest; recourses and market may be theother. The Dynamics of US-Africa Relations is understood in Terms of:1) US’s reluctance in the face of African nationalists who are not allowedthe full control of their natural resources2) US’s failure to create friendly nationalist leaders capable to generate ‘athird way’ between Communism and Rightist dictators3) US’s policies, which have polarized internal political situation of thecountries of the continent4) US’s decision to isolate and label as an enemy, at any cost, all politicalsubjects whose ideology leans towards socialism - against selfdetermination(if you are not with us you’re against us)In spite of anti-colonial tradition of American politics (they know whatto be a colony) to the contrary in Africa they applied principles similar to thatof colonial period.This means, USA has behaved as a power, cultivating status quo, eventhough colonialism was loosing its ground in the post colonial world. US’swish to establish liberal anticommunist regimes, in reality enhanced to thecontrary, the germination of numerous anti liberal and autocratic regimes andpolitics of dictatorial tendencies.The USA politics have thus evoked not only resistance of Africannationalists against USA, but also hatred from the European side, which sawAmerica’s de facto, anti decolonization pressure as the reason for Africanradicalism, and as the cause for Soviet’s penetration into its (Europe’s)commercial and economic sphere.The US’s policies in SSA were thus counter productive; they increasedradicalism of part of the elite and town ship, hence created enormous pressurefor change and revolution, causing something like soviet regime in Africa (forinstance, Ethiopia 1974).The position of the former Soviet Union was so simple. Its real or hiddenface (mission), as world power, which opposed capitalists’ greed, had providedattraction and a certain maneuvering room, particularly at the beginning.It had to support its ideological pressure with material aid, as in (forinstance, Guinea, Ethiopia). However, this doesn’t mean all African radicalregimes are subordinate to Kremlin. The Former SU in Africa in 80s was not186