Mapping China’s Strategic Port Development in Africa
Chinese firms are present in over a third of all African port developments, some of which could be used for expanded Chinese naval presence on the continent.
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What to Expect from Africa-China Relations in 2025
African countries will be looking to recalibrate their strategic partnerships with China to advance African interests as the continent positions itself to exercise greater agency in its external partnerships.
The Growing Militarization of China’s Africa Policy
China is leveraging its military training exercises with African forces to advance China’s expeditionary capabilities and geostrategic ambitions.
Reimagining African Agency in Africa-China Relations—Lessons from FOCAC 2024
Overcoming the ongoing asymmetry of Africa-China relations will require institutionalizing more robust and transparent African monitoring of commitments, strategic representation, and harnessing of African expertise.
FOCAC 2024: Elevating African Interests Beyond the Africa-China Summit
To enhance the impact of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, African countries need a more coherent strategy of engagement with China along with increased public transparency, awareness, and citizen agency.
China Escalates Its Political Party Training in Africa
China promotes its dominant party model in Africa through a suite of training programs for party and government officials even though this model is antithetical to Africans’ preference for multiparty democracy.
China’s Strategy to Shape Africa’s Media Space
China’s ruling party is leveraging its funding of African media outlets, content sharing, and training of African journalists to advance Chinese narratives, policies, and norms on the continent.
Lessons from China’s Forum Diplomacy in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries can enhance the benefits of their engagements with China by expanding coordination and lessons sharing to ensure that citizens’ interests are prioritized.
China’s First Political School in Africa
The Nyerere Leadership School, supported by China’s Central Party School, provides ideological training to cadres from African liberation parties that have governed uninterrupted since independence.
China’s “Military Political Work” and Professional Military Education in Africa
China envisages professional military education in Africa as an opportunity to promote China’s governance model while deepening ties to Africa’s ruling political parties.
China’s United Front Strategy in Africa
China’s United Front work co-opts well-placed individuals and organizations to cultivate support for and defend China’s goals and interests while isolating China’s opponents in Africa.
China’s Policing Models Make Inroads in Africa
China’s expanded police engagements in Africa could have potentially far-reaching consequences for African security governance.