Biden’s Big Africa Summit Carefully Sidesteps China
In a U-turn from the Trump administration, Team Biden wants to court African nations without talking about Beijing. Read More Here
Category: Africa
In South Africa, A Scandal Threatens Ramaphosa’s Presidency
An independent panel’s findings have thrown the embattled leader’s political future into jeopardy. Read More Here
Tanzania Is China’s Gateway To Africa
Beijing has long understood the value of strong ties with the East African country. Read More Here
Africa’s Past Is Not Its Future
Today, Africa still exists at the margins of the global order, largely excluded from international institutions and treated as a basket case to be fixed. Read More Here
Making The Most Of Africa’s Pandemic Dividend
The COVID-19 crisis brought a significant increase in government and multilateral investments in public health in Africa. If leveraged appropriately, these funds could substantially boost Africa’s capacity to respond to future health emergencies, endemic diseases, and pandemics. Read More Here
More Chinese Military Bases In Africa: A Question Of When, Not If
China laid the first brick in this foundation in 2004, when then-President Hu Jintao unveiled the “New Historic Mission” concept, calling for a more global role for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to enable it to execute “diversified military tasks.” Read More Here
Biden Signals Policy Reset, But African Leaders Must Meet Washington Halfway
In both spirit and language, the newly launched Biden administration’s Africa strategy illustrates the shift in the diplomatic mood in the four years since National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the Trump administration’s Africa policy. Read More Here
Is The New U.S. Africa Strategy More Of The Same?
The Biden administration insists it’s not focused on geopolitical competition, but its new document is full of references to Russia and China. Read More Here
The Secrets Of China’s Economic Statecraft In Africa
The West has a legitimacy problem in Africa, which China largely doesn’t have, mainly due to historical reasons. Read More Here
Why African military strongmen are back in charge
Five years ago, many analysts predicted that the era of military coups in West Africa had come to an end. But three in the last two years have raised troubling questions about the fate of democracy in the region. Read More Here
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