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The US Is Using Russia’s Playbook in Africa, but There’s a Catch

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tour portrayed Washington’s official strategy as more benevolent than it actually is US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin embarked on a tour of Africa this week, marking the first such visit by a Pentagon chief since 2020, when Mark Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. In contrast to that occasion, when no attention was paid to Sub-Saharan Africa, Austin’s trip was intended to reaffirm ...

02.10.2023

Voting Practices of Sub-Saharan States of Africa at the UN General Assembly: Latest Trends and Underlying Strategies

Working Paper No. 74 / 2023 Working Paper No. 74 / 2023 The working paper seeks to analyze constitutive voting patterns of Sub-Saharan states of Africa at the UN General Assembly. The methodology proposed in this paper offers an opportunity to explore this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s ...

29.05.2023

A Russian Perspective on the Food Crisis

... hectares of fields have been deactivated. As for the alleged cases of grain stealing, we categorically reject such baseless accusations. It was clearly stated on June 7 by Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, that the organization ... ... contracts regarding shipments of agricultural products. We are aware of the importance of our wheat for the nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East . In the current agricultural year, our exports will amount to 37 million tons of ...

17.06.2022

Akihiko Tanaka: Trump Has Come to Recognise the Importance of the US-Japan Alliance System

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 ...

17.02.2020

The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities

... to be a contentious issue (e.g. building new settlements in disputed territories in Israel or new development projects in Jerusalem); Persistent political instability in the region may hinder the development of urban autonomy and prevent any move towards ... ... could integrate the region into the emerging new global value chains, particularly if this coincides with a broader dynamism of Africa and the implementation of the Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative”; New, rewarding jobs could be created, and at the ...

23.10.2019

French-American Cooperation in Africa: Managing Insecurity?

... cases seemingly undeterred by a strong French military presence. All the while, although the flow of migrants and refugees leaving these volatile and dangerous places for European shores has decreased , arrivals still number in the hundreds of thousands . The bottom line, as the report rightly indicates, is that African security issues have clear implications for Europe and beyond. African security issues have clear implications for Europe and beyond. The Evolving Visions of Africa Outsiders' encounters with Africa have historically tended to result in much ...

21.09.2016

Africa: the Pearl of the U.S. Energy Strategy

... established political allies. Camp Lemonnier, the permanent American base in Djibouti serves as a regional watchdog and helps provide prompt aid in case of crisis such as terrorist attacks by Islamic extremist groups of Boko Haram. However, despite noble USAID’s goals and humanitarian concerns for security in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is clear that ‘the US military belt’ was conceived not only as a means to enable joint training but to deepen politico-economic ties with prospective partner-countries. At the same time, soft power also seems to be a relevant tool ...

15.03.2016

Africa: Obama’s Last Chance

During Barack Obama’s first presidential term, Africa was not among the U.S. foreign policy priorities. In spite of his African roots, America’s first black president, contrary to expectations, focused attention not on Africa but on tackling such problems as the U.S. economy, Iraq, Afghanistan ...

31.07.2015
 

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