China in Africa: The Jamestown Foundation - Softcover

Arthur Waldron

9780981690506: China in Africa: The Jamestown Foundation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981690505 ISBN 13: 9780981690506

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2009

Beginning in earnest at the turn of the twenty-first century, China embarked on a robust multilevel engagement strategy with a number of African states on three simultaneous fronts - economic, political, and military. The push was predicated by Beijing's need to secure energy and natural resources to fuel its booming economy and bolster its position as the world's manufacturing hub. The depth of China's engagement cannot be understated, and its increasing stakes in the security dimension of Africa's myriad conflicts is affecting the geopolitical landscape of a continent that has been in the past an exclusive domain of the West.

China in Africa examines the multifaceted effects of China's engagement with the continent, both its many risks and opportunities. It provides critical and relevant information for understanding the strategic drivers, trends, and the potential impact of China in Africa. The book covers Chinese soft and hard power, energy and arms relations, and China's relations with individual African countries: Angola, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Ultimately, this volume serves to assist in improving U.S. policymakers' understanding of China's role in Africa and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to secure American interests in the region.

Contributors include Mauro De Lorenzo (American Enterprise Institute), Drew Thompson (Nixon Center),Wenran Jiang (University of Alberta, Canada), Paul Hare (U.S.-Angola Chamber of Commerce), Susan M. Puska (Defense Group, Inc.), Ian Taylor (University of St. Andrews, UK), Chris Zambelis (Helios Global, Inc.), David Shinn (George Washington University, USA), Joshua Eisenman (American Foreign Policy Council), Yitzhak Shichor (University of Haifa, Israel), Greg Mills and Christopher Thompson (Brenthurst Foundation), Andrew McGregor (Aberfoyle International), and John C. K. Daly (United Press International).

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About the Author:

Arthur Waldron is Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (1997 to present) and vice president of the International Assessment and Strategy Center (www.strategycenter.net), a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C. USA. He is author of or contributor to over twenty books in English and Chinese.

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