Description
Saying that international relations are no longer the prerogative of states brings nothing new. But what may be original are the trajectories that the destatisation of international relations are taking in a context of globalization. In this perspective, African Diaspora plays a key role as actors, influencing the relations between their country of origin and their host country. The case of Cameroon is really relevant. In fact, Cameroonian diaspora through its actions for or against the Cameroonian political authorities is today a crucial actor in the regulation of relations between Cameroon and their host countries. In the context of the political and security crises known as the “anglophones’ crisis”, the positions and informal alliances of the Cameroonian diaspora structures and organizes the relations between Cameroon and some countries.
Thus, the mobilization of the diaspora influences the opinion of their host country about the policies carried out in Cameroon. From transnational theory, this study intends to question the ability of the diaspora in influencing relations between host states and countries of origin.
When we talk about Diaspora and its dynamism, we are referring to the members of the Diaspora who still keep a link with their country of origin and not the “assimilate Diaspora” ( Lacroix, 2018). So, in what way does the African diaspora, especially Cameroonians, have become actors of international relations? The main hypothesis of this communication is that the African Diasporas participate to the reconfiguration of relations between African states and host countries.
This study is going to question especially the role plays by the Cameroonian Diaspora based in the United State of America in the US’s opinion about what is known as “anglophone crisis”.
The analysis is made by two parts: the first considered Diaspora as international relations actor according to transnational theory in the context of globalization and the second demonstrate how Cameroun Diaspora influences the relation between Cameroun and the USA in the case of socio-political crisis
