... Chinese governance model. It is
suitable
for many developing countries that for a long time have had a one-party (or authoritarian) governance system with fairly strict state control. This is characteristic, in particular, for most countries of the African continent, thereby one can feel the strong influence of the PRC there.
Today, China made a conceptual design of a development model based on its own economic successes of the last 30 years. Xi Jinping has repeatedly
told
the world that China’s ...
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
Africa entered the 21st century with significant achievements and challenges relevant for both the development of the continent and ...
Prof. Tanaka reflected on the 60th anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty, what President Trump's 'getting tough' stance means for the world and why Japan is open to cooperation with third parties in Africa
On February 7, 2020, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted Professor Tanaka Akihiko, President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), for a
round table
on the topic “International Politics in East ...
Conflicts are a serious threat to Chinese investments in African infrastructure
Research on China-Africa relations has often been dominated by the economic component, as well as debates over whether China's involvement in the continent will have a negative or positive impact. Some scholars have questioned ...
On November 14, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Nataliya Zaiser, RIAC Expert, Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, had a meeting with Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, and Oleg Ozerov, Deputy Director of the Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
On November 14, 2019, Andrey Kortunov,...
The Africa of today and especially the Africa of tomorrow will be too important for the world at large to approach it only as an extension of the ongoing Russia–UK confrontation
Today neither Russia nor the United Kingdom can claim a leadership role in ...
... the current security agenda, European experts generally do not see Moscow making any significant contribution to the future of the MENA
In 2016-2019 an international consortium of think tanks and universities from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa carried out a large-scale research
project
“Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: Mapping Geopolitical Shifts, Regional Order and Domestic Transformations”. One of the final results of the project was the
report
“Imagining ...
While Russia’s Policy in Africa may very well have produced certain results, there is no discernible strategy behind it
The topic of Russia returning to Africa has been brought up with increasing regularity over the past 15 years. The tense of the verb is important here: Russia ...
... years. Having been one of the few Somali intellectuals to remain in the country throughout the entire civil war, Mr. Mohamud’s victory was not based on clan politics, but rather on respect for his work in civil society and education. Reputed on the African continent for resolving often dangerous clan disputes, Mr. Mohamud is now the chairman of Somalia’s largest political aggregation party, the Union for Peace and Development Party, which has the majority in both chambers of parliament. In an ...
... cycle, four seminars will be held focusing on topical issues for Russia and the United Kingdom.
On September 4, 2019, in London, RUSI headquarters hosted the first seminar of the new cycle. It focused on the analysis of Russia’s and the UK policies in Africa. The participants of the seminar discussed political, economic, and military interests of Russia and the United Kingdom in African countries, analyzed the effects of the soft power performed by Russia and the United Kingdom on the African continent,...
