African countries should adopt measures that strategically play rivals against each other. They should implement long-term strategies and domestic policies for dealing with strategic partners.
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Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
In the last decade, Morocco exploited the lethargy of Algeria’s diplomacy and the paralysis of the political system to advance its interests, often to the detriment of Algeria
A Biden presidency would be highly likely to adopt policies that would restore the cooperative links that prevailed under Obama.
The Chinese model of peace differs fundamentally from that pursued by western nations.
At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
The power dynamics in the World Bank have changed dramatically.
Turkey’s actions have arguably improved the situation in Somalia over the past six years but its increasing role could bring it on a collision course with other states.
In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in International Politics, University of South Africa
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of International Law, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor, Khalifa University
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Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Adjunct senior lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Óbuda University
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Visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and Senior Professor of International Studies and Director of Research in Geopolitics, Kedge Business School
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Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
