The Gambia's foreign policy since the coup, 1994–99

Bibliographic Data

ID12677308
AuthorsAbdoulaye Saine (University of Miami, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume38
Issue2
Pages73-88
Publication date2000-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommonwealth and Comparative Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1466-2043 • E-ISSN: 1743-9094
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14662040008447819
OpenAlexW2038280418
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

Since gaining political independence in 1965, The Gambia's foreign policy was driven by two inter‐related objectives. The first was the desire to maintain territorial sovereignty, and the second had to do with attracting external economic resources. A pro‐Western foreign policy under Jawara (1965–94), enabled his regime to extract considerable financial assistance from the West. With Western‐imposed sanctions following the 1994 coup, The Gambia's foreign policy became remarkably assertive and succeeded in attracting needed funds from alternative Western sources abroad, but not enough to overcome The Gambia's current economic downturn. Jammeh's commitment to human rights and democratic principles will be the basis upon which Western aid and support will be fully resumed and continued

Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economic sanctions · Economics · Foreign policy · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Sovereignty · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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