DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND ITALY

Abstract

This paper is submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations.

Abstract: This study is an empirical review of the relations that Cameroon and Italy have had for the last three decades. The study is inquisitive to understand why these two countries have been so apt to get closer and closer and how impactful that will be to the entire Gulf of Guinea where Cameroon occupies a pivotal position. The study starts by looking at the theories of liberalism and neoliberalism which are both used as the foundation to understand the domestic and foreign policies of Cameroon vis-à-vis this economic cooperation with Italy. More so, the study follows to study and discuss the different levels by which Cameroon and Italy have entreated economic relations and how imperative these economic relations are to both countries. Lastly, the study concludes by making strong recommendations that are meant to help Cameroon wake up from where it slumbers and where policy amendments need to be done.

Key words: Liberalism, neoliberalism

DOI: 10.7176/JAAS/56-10

Publication date:August 31^st 2019