NATO Expands Into Africa As US Bullies the Continent Over Ukraine, w/ Vijay Prashad

NATO expansion might have provoked the war in Ukraine, but surrounding Russia isn’t the organization’s only pursuit. NATO participated in the US “war on terror” in Afghanistan, NATO destroyed Libya and today NATO is expanding into Africa. To help break it all down, Rania Khalek was joined by Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and author of many books, including “Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations.“ Vijay’s articles discussed in the episode: The rise of Nato in Africa Africa is on the move You can listen to all episodes of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Spotify: Apple: TIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 2:00 What is NATO? 4:50 A global NATO 7:59 Europe’s military footprint in Africa 11:00 NATO goes to Africa 12:10 NATO in Libya: Chaos and consequences 17:32 Flood of weapons into Libya destabilized Africa 22:40 New mood growing in Africa 26:43 Bully Africa over Ukraine 33:45 Germany becomes third largest military spender 41:15 Africa is on the move 49:02 Taiwan 53:06 Sri Lanka update