The professor at the Technical University of Angola, who launched this Wednesday, in Luanda, a book on Angola's foreign policy, from a critical and analytical perspective of the paths taken by the country in the period between 1975 and the present, portrays in the work the reasons that led Angola, after the civil conflict, to turn to China and not to the West and current foreign policy.
The work, entitled "Política Externa de Angola – Principais Marcos, Desafios e Perspectivas", with 196 pages, brings an analytical and historical approach to the main milestones that shaped Angola's foreign policy, from its role in the independence process of Namibia, end of apartheid in South Africa and the good neighbor strategy that the country had to adopt to end the conflict.
Osvaldo Mboco highlighted that the book covers the formulation of foreign policy, its decisive actors, the role of the President of the Republic, the National Assembly, as well as economic and preventive diplomacy, considered the main anchors of Angolan foreign policy.
Addressing Angola's national interests, the author analyzes the approach of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, as well as the relationship with China, Russia, the United States of America, Brazil and Portugal, Angola's participation in regional organizations, the strategy of Angolan state, the insertion of Angolan staff in international organizations and why there are few technicians in these organizations.
Osvaldo Mboco also analyzes the perspective of gains for Angola from consistent participation in peacekeeping missions at the United Nations, the new configuration that the world is experiencing and how the country has positioned itself.
"That's why we integrated into this work the easy-going diplomacy that the Angolan State has been adopting, in order to not create any political and diplomatic irritation, with whoever the actors also have an interest in Angola," he said.
