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Strategic Competition and Cooperation in Africa. Perceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward

Megatrends Policy Brief 13, 17.02.2023, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023MTA-PB13

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, policy-makers have increasingly viewed Western interests as being challenged by rival actors, including in Africa. This obscures Africa’s growing autonomy in the international order. Redefining European relations with Africa through the prism of strategic competition disproportionately focuses on challenges rather than opportunities.