Cold War superpower rivalry distorted the development of postcolonial states

Evidence

When next we invoke the problem of “failed states” in Africa, let us remember the distortions that the Cold War imposed on the problems of the emerging postcolonial states. Remember who is implicated in the failure of the capacity of those states. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1203

Categorization

• XREF: Mechanism connects to reader’s biopolitics/governance toolkit: how geopolitical forces produce ‘failed states’ as a category rather than a natural condition. — connects to: Postcolonial states choosing Soviet-style planning threatened the emerging neoliberal vision. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1263; Cold War anticommunism and colonial economics stunted early neoliberal development thinking — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1267; Cold War superpower rivalry froze UN membership and pushed new states to Bandung. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1293 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1203