The Dragon in Djibouti: the Shifting Tides of China’s Strategy
A small East African nation of 876,000 people, of negligible resource wealth, and little to no political drama, Djibouti is rare to grab headlines. On November 26th 2015, however, when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced that its first oversees military installation would be in Djibouti, the country was suddenly launched to the forefront of international politics. The negotiations between China and Djibouti have been ongoing since February 2014, when the ...