Research Team - Washington Institute For Defence & Security

08 Mar 21

China Tightens Grip on East African Port

By Costas Paris – WSJ – Feb. 21, 2019 6:00 am ET – A Chinese port operator is tightening its grip on a strategic container terminal in East Africa, resetting operations and infrastructure at a site crucial to Beijing’s push to control seagoing trade lanes between Asia and Europe. China Merchants Port Holdings is asserting control […]

08 Mar 21

What China Is Really Up To In Africa

Wade Shepard – Forbes- Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards […]

08 Mar 21

Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa

By Eric Schmitt, NY Times March 31, 2019 – OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Russia has been steadily expanding its military influence across Africa, alarming Western officials with increasing arms sales, security agreements and training programs for unstable countries or autocratic leaders. In the Central African Republic, where a Russian has been installed as the president’s national security […]