{"id":38854,"date":"2024-10-02T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?p=38854"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:54","slug":"as-china-courts-africa-canada-must-rethink-its-africa-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/2024\/as-china-courts-africa-canada-must-rethink-its-africa-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"As China courts Africa, Canada must rethink its Africa strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        As China courts Africa, Canada must rethink its Africa strategy\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>&#8220;To stay relevant as the geopolitical landscape shifts, Canada must respect Africa\u2019s priorities, build on shared interests and avoid past pitfalls.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New article by Isaac Odoom:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 single-content\">\n<p>Two pivotal events in September have highlighted the shifting dynamics in Africa\u2019s external partnerships. First,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.international.gc.ca\/consultation\/partnerships-africa-partenariats-afrique\/partnerships-africa-partenariats-afrique.aspx?lang=eng\">Canada held consultations<\/a>&nbsp;on a new approach to its relationship with Africa. Second, at a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (<a href=\"https:\/\/2024focacsummit.mfa.gov.cn\/eng\/hyqk_1\/202409\/t20240906_11486213.htm\">FOCAC<\/a>) summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20240905\/ef6b3db7733e4420886cd15afb87c4ac\/c.html\">pledged<\/a>&nbsp;to deliver more than $US50 billion in loans, investment and aid to African nations over the next three years, as well as to upgrading diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>These coinciding developments underscore the urgency for Canada to rethink its role in Africa if it hopes to remain relevant in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/magazines\/september-2024\/china-africa-canada-strategy\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To stay relevant as the geopolitical landscape shifts, Canada must respect Africa\u2019s priorities, build on shared interests and avoid past pitfalls.&#8221; New article by Isaac Odoom: Two pivotal events in September have highlighted the shifting dynamics in Africa\u2019s external partnerships. First,&nbsp;Canada held consultations&nbsp;on a new approach to its relationship with Africa. 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