China’s Costly Exceptionalism

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https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/urNF-dQhArtBiYTCrnthpDT3SXY=/960x540/media/img/mt/2022/04/GettyImages_1389441715/original.jpg Amer­i­ca has long thought itself excep­tion­al, a blessed place des­tined to bring free­dom to the world. Chi­na has an even longer his­to­ry of self-pro­­claimed excep­tion­al­ism and, spurred by its many mod­ern achieve­ments, is more assertive­ly pro­mot­ing its brand of gov­er­nance as a mod­el for the world. The widen­ing con­fronta­tion between the Unit­ed States and…

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Russia Flounders in Ukraine but Doubles Down in Mali

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mali-Russia-Vladimir-Putin-France-Withdrawal-GettyImages-1238621287.jpg A man sits near a por­trait of Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin dur­ing a demon­stra­tion in Bamako, Mali, on Feb. 19, cel­e­brat­ing France’s announce­ment that it will with­draw its troops from the coun­try. FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Get­ty Images On March 30, as Russ­ian forces con­tin­ued their strug­gle to con­quer Ukrain­ian cities, Russ­ian arms sup­pli­ers delivered…

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The Dangers of China’s Decline

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/china-decline-deena-so-oteh-illustration.jpg Decline is a tricky con­cept. The term makes us think of a coun­try that is falling like a rock—one whose pow­er and capa­bil­i­ties are drop­ping across the board. But a coun­try can be in rel­a­tive decline vis-à-vis a fast-grow­ing adver­sary even if its own pow­er is still increas­ing. It can be surg­ing for­ward in…

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Why African Leaders Won’t Back the West on Ukraine

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Cyril-Ramaphosa-GettyImages-1238570900.jpgWel­come to For­eign Pol­i­cy’s Africa Brief. The high­lights this week: The Unit­ed States calls for an inves­ti­ga­tion into atroc­i­ties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Gam­bia’s oppo­si­tion par­ty los­es its major­i­ty in elec­tions, and the tri­al of South Africa’s Jacob Zuma is delayed again. If you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday,…

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Five trends to expect in Africa for the rest of 2022

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wind-turbines-south-africa.jpg?w=280 Ryan Short, a part­ner at Gen­e­sis Ana­lyt­ics, explores five trends to look for in Africa’s busi­ness world for the rest of the year 2022. He touch­es on achiev­ing “net zero” in green­house gas emis­sions, ESG and impact, the EU’s green tax­on­o­my, and more. He con­cludes giv­ing some advice to African nego­tia­tors ahead of the…

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Africa News Highlights — April 11, 2022

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DENVER  — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Each week our staff at Africa News Mat­ters com­piles a list of impor­tant Africa sto­ries to feed your curios­i­ty. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Ethiopi­an Video Jour­nal­ist for Asso­ci­at­ed Press Released on Bail With World Press Free­dom Day approach­ing, the detain­ment of Ethiopi­an video jour­nal­ist of the Asso­ci­at­ed Press Amir Aman Kiyaro deserves…

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What’s in a name? Experimental evidence of the coup taboo

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022–04–10T111901Z_1876543833_MT1SIPA0000XPHZF_RTRMADP_3_SIPA-USA.jpg?w=271 ABSTRACT Lead­ers of mil­i­tary coups rou­tine­ly deny that their actions amount to a coup, often labelling them as rev­o­lu­tions or even con­sti­tu­tion­al suc­ces­sions. These attempts to mud­dy the waters occa­sion­al­ly suc­ceed in prompt­ing dis­cus­sions over whether the military’s actions tru­ly amount to a coup. But does the label mat­ter? Does pub­lic sup­port for military…

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Denver Plans Direct Flights to a “Growing African Continent”

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DENVER  — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Recent­ly we learned Den­ver Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (DIA) and the city of Den­ver, fond­ly called the mile-high city, in the US state of Col­orado, have begun explor­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties for direct flights to con­ti­nen­tal Africa. DIA has set up a team that is work­ing on this ini­tia­tive called Den­ver Air Ser­vice Committee. …

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