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Social Media Debates on Zambia’s Evolving Relations with the West and East. Trends and Implications

Megatrends Policy Brief 21, 06.02.2024, 10 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB21

Social media debates on Zambia’s foreign policy are strongly polarized and focussed on two issues: (1) claims that the Zambian government is a puppet of the West and (2) concerns that the government is undermining Zambia’s long-held policy of non-alignment. These debates demonstrate the complexity of African agency and the domestic concerns that shape how African governments negotiate multipolarity.