From the sands of the Ogaden to black hawk down: The end of the cold war in the horn of Africa

Flavia Gasbarri

doi:10.1080/14682745.2017.1364729

From the sands of the Ogaden to black hawk down: The end of the cold war in the horn of Africa

Flavia Gasbarri^*

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Abstract

From the Ogaden War to the Black Hawk Down incident, the Horn of Africa was a theatre of events with far-reaching international consequences. This paper argues that the distinctive process leading to the end of the bipolar conflict in the Horn is crucial to understanding the role of this region both during and after the Cold War. Through an extensive analysis of the period 1985-1991, this article explains why only a few years after the ‘burial’ of SALT II in the sands of the Ogaden, the superpowers withdrew from the region which had been the symbol of the failure of détente. Similarly, an analysis of the end of the Cold War is paramount to understanding why, after the break-up of the USSR, the Horn of Africa hosted one of the most tragic episodes of post-Cold War US foreign policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-89
Number of pages	17
Journal	Cold War History
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2017.1364729
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2018

Keywords

Black hawk down
Détente
End of the cold war
Horn of Africa
Ogaden war

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