US Envoy Heads to Africa to Advance Joint Priorities

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U.S. Ambas­sador to the Unit­ed Nations Lin­da Thomas-Green­­field will trav­el to Ghana, Mozam­bique and Kenya this week to advance joint pri­or­i­ties fol­low­ing December’s U.S.-Africa Lead­ers Sum­mit.  Her tour, from Jan­u­ary 25 to 29, will focus on region­al secu­ri­ty issues, food inse­cu­ri­ty, human­i­tar­i­an issues, and sup­port­ing African efforts to mit­i­gate cli­mate change, a senior admin­is­tra­tion official…

On U.S. Foreign Policy, Biden Acts a Lot Like Trump

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The Biden admin­is­tra­tion has chart­ed the same course as the Trump admin­is­tra­tion on strate­gic pri­or­i­ties like Chi­na, the Mid­dle East and U.S. mil­i­tary deploy­ments. WASHINGTON — A fist bump and meet­ing with the crown prince of Sau­di Ara­bia. Tar­iffs and export con­trols on Chi­na. Jerusalem as the cap­i­tal of Israel. Amer­i­can troops out of Afghanistan.…

What’s next for U.S.-Africa relations under the Biden administration?

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Wit­ney Schnei­d­man, a Brook­ings Africa Growth Ini­tia­tive non­res­i­dent fel­low, assess­es U.S.-Africa rela­tions under the Biden admin­is­tra­tion, dis­cuss­es how the next ver­sion of the African Growth and Oppor­tu­ni­ty Act might bet­ter sup­port U.S.-Africa trade, and offers rec­om­men­da­tions for enhanc­ing U.S. trade and invest­ment in the region. Relat­ed Con­tent Fore­sight Africa pod­cast is part of the Brookings…