{"id":39651,"date":"2025-05-07T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?p=39651"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:53","slug":"isaac-odoom-what-canada-can-learn-from-china-on-effectively-engaging-with-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/2025\/isaac-odoom-what-canada-can-learn-from-china-on-effectively-engaging-with-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Odoom:  What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa"},"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                        Isaac Odoom:  What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>New article by Isaac Odoom in <em>The Conversation<\/em>: &#8220;What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa&#8221;<\/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<p>Canada\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/global-affairs\/news\/2024\/08\/launch-of-public-consultations-on-canadas-approach-to-partnerships-in-africa.html#:%7E:text=The%20African%20continent%20is%20a,partnerships%20across%20the%20African%20continent\">recent launch of a new Africa Strategy<\/a>&nbsp;comes at a moment of profound geopolitical change and growing shifts in global development co-operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the western-led order and development model faces increasing scrutiny, countries like China are expanding their reach in Africa by linking development co-operation with commercial and strategic interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These approaches resonate with many African governments, while others raise concerns, prompting an important question: How well does&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.international.gc.ca\/gac-amc\/publications\/transparency-transparence\/canada-africa-strategy-strategie-afrique.aspx?lang=eng\">Canada\u2019s new strategy<\/a>&nbsp;respond to these concerns?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-canada-can-learn-from-china-on-effectively-engaging-with-africa-252894\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/isaac-odoom\/\">view bio<\/a><\/p>\n\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>New article by Isaac Odoom in The Conversation: &#8220;What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa&#8221; Canada\u2019s&nbsp;recent launch of a new Africa Strategy&nbsp;comes at a moment of profound geopolitical change and growing shifts in global development co-operation. 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