This postdoc position, part of the ERC-Synergy sponsored BLOCKADE project, seeks to understand the long legacies of blockades on the post-war order. Specifically, it questions how the blockades of the era of the total war influenced or inspired the key tools of the post-1945 liberal international order, namely inter- and supranational forms of credit, finance, and resource control under United Nations management. Specifically, it questions whether these blockade-mediated institutions facilitate or hinder the transition from dependence to independence and the subsequent integration of new African member states into the United Nations-backed global order. We are looking for someone with advanced skills in ‘decolonising’ international history to answer these questions! Case studies you will look must include one former French possession (e.g. Mali, Morocco, Tunisia) and one former British possession (e.g. Ghana, Sudan). The source base includes digitised UN Economic Commission for Africa records, as well as national financial and foreign office archives.