Day: February 1, 2019
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France Used to Be the Big Player in Senegal. No More. It’s the Chinese.
It wasn't that long ago when France was by far the dominant foreign actor in West Africa. "Francafrique's" once ubiquitous power allowed it to dominate virtually all aspects of political and economic life in its former colonies.
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Understanding China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Projects in Africa
David Dollar, senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, challenges a number of the prevailing themes common in US and European capitals about China's Belt and Road Initiative. In his paper, published on the Brookings website, Dollar addresses ...
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Why China Doesn't Need to Worry about Washington's New Africa Policy
When U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton announced Washington's new strategy for Africa last December, he mentioned China 14 times in his speech. So often, in fact, that a lot of observers commented that the new policy seemed to be more focused ...