This article argues that if African gas producers are able to create an enabling commercial environment amid a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, they just might be able to reap a financial windfall from increased gas exports to Europe.
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This paper argues that African policymakers must ensure Africa’s digital economy is not reduced to a pawn on the geopolitical chessboard and a mere battleground for resurgent great power competition between geopolitical blocs.
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This paper argues that Russia has indeed expanded its influence in Africa in the last decade compared to its post-Cold War status quo ante, but its modest finances will likely keep its lofty ambitions in check.
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This paper sheds light on several options African countries could explore in their attempt to pursue and advance their political, economic and social interests amid an evolving geopolitical landscape.
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This paper argues that China is increasingly moving to bolster African support for its stance on the Ukraine conflict by leveraging African concerns about the global order.
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The author argues that much like the EU, pragmatism is the main driver of Africa’s various positions, despite African positions appearing less than full-throated in the face of what is a one-sided Russian aggression toward a sovereign Ukraine.
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Through looking at the immediate effects of the Ukraine war on local fertilizer prices, as well as its likely impact on food production, this brief highlights the importance of long-term policy solutions that African countries must adopt in order to boost their industrial capacity for fertilizer production.
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