De oorlog om Koeweit ... : Een politiek strijdpunt in Vlaanderen ?

Res Publica ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-121
Author(s):  
Luc Vandeweyer
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Third World

During the eighties the 'peace movement' became an important actor in Belgian politics. It was able to promote aspects of international relations and defense policy as 'political issues'. The influence on public opinion and political parties was considerably higher in Flanders than in the french speaking part of the country.After the annexiation of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990, the Belgian government reacted more or less as these organisations desired: prudent, promoting UNO-initiatives and diplomatic solutions to the crisis. Therefore, these peace organisationswere attacked or infiltrated by extreme left wing parties, who wanted to support Saddam Hussein who was seen as a symbol of the third world.  As a result of these left wing tactics, the peace movement could not act as it did during the eighties : as a broad force with a coherent programme, with organisations belonging to several ideological pillars and with influence on parties which traditionally belong to the government.

Dilemmas for Anti-Western Patriotism: Slavophilism and Négritude

1974 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet G. Vaillant
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Third World ◽  
Underdeveloped Country ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
World War ◽  
The Third ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Third World

The idea that Russia was the first underdeveloped country has begun to gain currency among political scientists. It implies that social processes in Russia may be profitably compared with more recent developments in the Third World. In this article I would like to test this hypothesis with respect to an important ideological controversy which took place in Russia during the nineteenth century by examining it alongside discussions among French-speaking West Africans in the period after World War II. More particularly, I would like to compare what might be called the neo-traditional themes and anti-western patriotism of the Slavophiles with the intellectual position taken by the early spokesmen of négritude.

scholarly journals The Cold War and Third World revolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Robert P. Hager
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Third World ◽  
World Order ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Cold War

Much of the Cold War took place in the Third World. The three works authored by Gregg A. Brazinsky, Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry During the Cold War; Jeffry James Byrne, Mecca of Revolution: Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order; and Jeremy Friedman, Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World, are reviewed here and they provide historical details. A consistent theme that emerges is the importance of ideological factors in driving the events are discussed. It is also clear that the Third World states were not passive objects of pressure from great powers but had agendas of their own. These books provide useful material for theorists of international relations and policy makers.

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