FOREIGN INVASIONS AND GLOBAL REACTIONS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN INVASION OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICAN POLITIES AND RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Abstract: Modern human history is replete with invasions of states by states, and such invasions have elicited diverse global reactions. From the 15th century upward for instance, Europeans invaded precolonial African polities in their quest to chiefly satisfy their economic appetite. In 2022, Russia invaded a fellow European country – Ukraine, in her quest to wade off NATO expansionism and invariably, to promote her expansionist policy. While the latter has elicited global condemnations and severe sanctions on Russia and Russians; the former received justifications mainly from renowned and reverend European erudite scholars. As a theory in international relations, Realism views these invasions and the attendant discrepancies in global responses as inevitable due to the selfish nature of nation-states. To right historical wrongs and heal lingering historical wounds, this paper recommends that European countries who invaded, destroyed, and pillaged precolonial African states should, as a matter of urgency, establish an Afro-Euro Commission with special trust fund, aimed at reconciliation, restitution, reconstruction and development of affected African territories. Keywords: War, Russian Invasion, European Invasion, Pre-colonial African Polities. Title: FOREIGN INVASIONS AND GLOBAL REACTIONS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN INVASION OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICAN POLITIES AND RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE Author: ODEMWINGIE, OSAHON, EGHAREVBA, EDEBIRI STANLEY, OSAYANDE, OSAZE SUNNY International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2023 - September 2023 Page No: 57-65 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 02-August-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8207851 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/foreign-invasions-and-global-reactions-a-comparative-analysis-of-european-invasion-of-pre-colonial-african-polities-and-russian-invasion-of-ukraineInternational Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co