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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">8855</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Western Countries Influence on the Political and Military Situation in Tropical Africa in 1970-1980 (on the Example of the Democratic Republic of Congo)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Влияние западных стран на военно-политическую обстановку в Тропической Африке в 70-е гг. ХХ века (на примере ДР Конго)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sidorova</surname><given-names>G M</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сидорова</surname><given-names>Галина Михайловна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Institute of African Studies of RAS</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">Институт Африки РАН</bio><email>gal_sid@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of African Studies of RAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт Африки РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2011-01-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>01</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO1 (2011)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№1 (2011)</issue-title><fpage>59</fpage><lpage>66</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2016-09-09"><day>09</day><month>09</month><year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2011, Сидорова Г.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2011</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сидорова Г.М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/8855">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/8855</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">The article is devoted to one of the important episodes of the DRCongo history - the massive conflict in Catanga province, which arose in the end of the 1970-ies with the name of The Shab wars. The author depicts the history and the dynamics of the conflict, analyses the interaction of the country, named Zaire at the time, with its Western partners - USA, Belgium and France, describes the acute moments of their struggle for areas of influence.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">Статья посвящена важному эпизоду из истории ДР Конго - крупному конфликту в провинции Катанга, возникшему в конце 70-х г., под названием «шабских войн». Автор пишет об истории и динамике конфликта, рассматривает взаимодействие этой африканской страны, тогда Заира, с ее западными партнерами - США, Бельгией и Францией, описывает острые моменты борьбы между ними за сферы влияния.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>conflict</kwd><kwd>African continent</kwd><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>natural resources</kwd><kwd>France policy</kwd><kwd>the USA</kwd><kwd>Belgium</kwd><kwd>military presence</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>конфликтная ситуация</kwd><kwd>Африканский континент</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd><kwd>природные ресурсы</kwd><kwd>политика Франции</kwd><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>Бельгия</kwd><kwd>военное присутствие</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Громыко А.А. Белый дом и Черный континент. - М., 1984.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Sanguinetti A.A. 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