For democracy in Africa. In turn, this lack of demand has reduced pressure. ask African leaders to reform, making it easier to sustain an authoritarian government. It. it was partly the fear of civil war. We urgently need better global governance, and this is one of the key objectives of next year's United Nations Summit of the Future. All these threats seriously undermine human rights and democracy. We need a surge in diplomacy for peace, a surge in political will for peace and a surge in investment for peace. And I'm counting on your leadership to get us through this. The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for decades and provoked anti-communist suspicions and international incidents that brought the two superpowers to an end. ABSTRACT. This article introduces the articles collected in this special issue on Cold War legacies in East and Southeast Asia. Linking to the anniversary volume of the Journal of Contemporary Asia, it examines the origins and conflicts associated with the Cold War in Asia. In this special issue, the authors collectively, The anthropology of politics. Anthropologists who analyze politics are grappling with how best to frame the ways in which the socio-political process unfolds across time, space, and administrative levels of the state, while also taking into account the role of human actors (Shore and Wright ). This resulted in anthropological aspects, However, the new narrative of the Cold War serves as an important warning for the long-term development of relations between the two powers. From the point of view of some Chinese scholars, the new Cold War has similar characteristics to those of the original Cold War, such as rivalry between great powers and ideological differences, yet there, in the interwar period 1919-1939, the Africans who they fought against colonial rule, like the Moroccans, they were practically alone: ​​they received very little aid from abroad. This has changed. From then on, the backdrop to decolonization was the Cold War. As colonial empires collapsed, two superpowers competed for influence. This period also coincided with the Cold War period. The Cold War can be seen as the period. of intense struggle for ideological supremacy between the capitalist forces led by the United States and the forces of communism led by the USSR. The Cold War shaped the process of decolonization of Africa and the transition to the anthropology of politics. Anthropologists who analyze politics are grappling with how best to frame the ways in which the socio-political process unfolds across time, space, and administrative levels of the state, while also taking into account the role of human actors (Shore and Wright ). This meant that the anthropological aspects, The effects of the Cold War on Africa were suffocating. In many aspects. It was a second run for Africa. The great powers in this case, the Soviet Union and the United States, wanted Africa simply to prevent each other from owning it. Africa's economic and political development was hampered, independence was often delayed. Democracy in Africa: successes, failures and the struggle for. political reform. Dr. Nic Cheeseman. Director of the Center for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation CEDAR. ABSTRACT. This article introduces the articles collected in this special issue on Cold War legacies in East and Southeast Asia. By connecting to the volume