Angola´s Foreign Policy since Independence: the Search for Domestic Security by Assis Malaquias

Assis Malaquias
Department of Government, St Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Published in African Security Review Vol 9 No 3, 2000
INTRODUCTION
The Angolan government’s foreign policy since independence has been crafted primarily as a response to various domestic and international pressures that threaten its existence. Specifically, Angola’s foreign policy aims to enhance the regime’s ability to win the civil war that started on the eve of independence. To achieve this basic foreign policy objective, Angola has sought, first and foremost, to create a favourable regional environment.





