The danger is that in much of Africa, former imperialists are suspected of being imperialists still, which could make the development of international law appear to be a mere power play. This is even clearer in Côte d’Ivoire: it is the UN that explicitly demanded that France, the only foreign presence, implement the resolution that ratified Ouattara as the elected president and Gbagbo as the usurper.
而危险就在于在非洲大部分地区，前帝国主义者依旧被怀疑为帝国主义者，而这使得国际法的实施仅仅像是一场权力游戏。这点在科特迪瓦尤其明显：是联合国明确要求法国这个唯一的外国存在去执行决议，承认瓦塔拉当选总统并废黜巴博。法国也相当完美地完成了这项工作，比如说逮捕了巴博并将其移交给瓦塔拉方面。内战也因此得以避免。