Angola: Soviet client state or state of Socialist orientation?

In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 292-310

Abstract

Since the MPLA victory in Angola in 1975-76 Angola has often been branded as a Soviet-dominated client state. The author looks at the development of bilateral relations between Angola and the USSR in order to obtain a clearer idea of the nature of their political, economic and military ties. General Soviet-Angolan policies and the Soviet involvement in the Angolan War are examined in detail with the author concluding that, while the Angola leadership has maintained close political and military relations with Moscow, they have at the same time developed economic links with the West. (DÜI-Etr)