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Testbed or Thoroughfare? Africa’s Place in China’s Evolving Grand Strategy
ABSTRACT What is Africa’s place in China’s global geo-strategy, or does it have one? China’s engagements with the continent have increased markedly in recent decades but does it occupy a central or peripheral role in China’s grand strategy? Recently, there have been debates about whether China has such a strategy, but we argue that part of the confusion around these issues arises from the distinctive nature of that state and the forms of loose coordination it operationalizes.
Great Power Competition in Africa: Toward a New Cold War?
Geopolitics is back as global competition and tensions mount, but what are the nature and impacts of the so-called ‘New Cold War’ in the developing world? The ‘first’ Cold War was largely fought in the global periphery and this also appears to be the case in what some see as a new iteration or continuation of this conflict. This has been partly driven by a resurgence in ‘ where developments and orientations in the periphery are thought to have potentially substantial implications for the ‘core’.
Ethiopia wants to join the Brics group of nations …
A few years ago, the Brics grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its members were in severe economic difficulty. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are primarily natural resource exporters and were badly affected by the global commodity price bust of 2014. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now given Brics a new geopolitical salience as the members and their respective allies respond to events.
Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations: an expert unpacks the pros and cons
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Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations: an expert unpacks the pros and cons Original
A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its members were in severe economic difficulty. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are primarily natural resource exporters and were badly affected by the global commodity price bust of 2014. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now given BRICS a new geopolitical salience as the members and their respective allies respond to events.
China’s spatial fix and ‘debt diplomacy’ in Africa: constraining belt or road to economic transformation?
Introduction Africa’s integration into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global programme of infrastructure construction (amongst other elements), announced by China in 2013, has been framed by official discourses that promise “win–win” development results from closer cooperation and connectivity.
Trump’s legacy in Africa
Your Name: Your Email: Send Email To: Keep this field blank And what to expect from Biden. By Francis Owusu and Padraig Carmody 6 Dec 2020 00:07 Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and US president Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House in 2018. Image: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump was propelled to the US presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules.
Trump's legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden
Donald Trump was propelled to the US presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules. This included restricting trade when it directly hurt the US, clamping down on immigration, and reducing commitments to the global order. His administration’s “America First” foreign policy also meant disengaging from its obligations to Africa, which he infamously referred to as “shit-hole countries”. Historically, the US foreign policy approach to Africa could be classified as benign neglect.
The New Scramble for Africa
Over the last few years, much has been written about the “new scramble for Africa” — the attempt by countries and companies to increase their access to markets and natural resources on the continent. In one telling, China has been the principal actor donning neocolonial garb to advance its interests.
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