Title African agency in the new Cold War : traditional power competition in the post-COVID-19 African landscape / Bronwyn Bruton

Published Washington, DC : Atlantic Council of the United States, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (ii, 42 pages) : color portrait, color photographs Contents Executive summary. -- Section 1: Evolving postures and colliding interests. -- Section 2: Competition after COVID-19. -- Political winners and losers of COVID-19. -- The long-term African landscape. -- Security flashpoints. -- Economic flashpoints. -- Section 3: African ambition: pathways to resist Cold War-style competition. -- The last Cold War. -- Collaboration on COVID-19: "Necessity is the mother of invention". -- Trade integration and the AfCFTA. -- Reshoring supply chains. -- Self-sufficiency and agribusiness. -- Taking advantage of South-South cooperation. -- Chinese-held debt: an African opportunity? -- Managing tech competition. -- Conclusion. -- Appendix: Traditional postures of the external powers in Africa Summary Since the end of the Cold War, a handful of powers have been able to exert influence across the whole of the African continent: the United States, China, the European Union (EU), and India. These external powers have rarely competed directly against each other, as they have exercised influence in well-defined, separate spheres: The resource-scarce post-COVID environment will accelerate competition between these powers and lead them into intersecting spheres of influence. Some African nations will find themselves in the crosshairs of a new Cold War mentality that could threaten regionalization and the blooming ethos of pan-Africanism. This paper explores the shifting roles of Africa's traditional external powers: China, the United States, the EU, and India. Section 1 introduces the evolving postures and colliding interests of these powers. Section 2 maps out the competitive post-COVID landscape and outlines economic and security flashpoints. Finally, Section 3 identifies opportunities for African nations to pursue their own ambitions while resisting the imposition of a new Cold War-style competition on the continent Notes "This report is part of a partnership between the Atlantic Council's Africa Center and the Policy Center for the New South." "November 2020." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Atlantic Council, viewed December 28, 2020) Subject International relations -- 21st century Security, International. Economic assistance -- Political aspects -- Africa Military assistance -- Political aspects -- Africa Medical assistance -- Political aspects -- Africa COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects. Diplomatic relations. Economic assistance -- Political aspects. International relations. Security, International. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- 21st century China -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- 21st century India -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- 21st century European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- 21st century Africa -- Foreign relations -- 21st century Subject Africa. China. European Union countries. India. United States. Form Electronic book Author Atlantic Council of the United States. Africa Center Policy Center for the New South. ISBN 9781619771338 1619771330

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