2025-04-08https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/46555This chapter argues that although Cameroon is frequently referred to as “timid” in its pursuit of foreign policy, it uses international organizations as “shields” in three ways: To shield it from its history of isolationism; To shield it from economic and security volatility; and to shield it from international interference in its domestic affairs.HE Transportation and Communications, HT Communities. Classes. RacesInternational Organizations as Shields in Cameroonian Foreign PolicyArticle