Walsh School of Foreign Service

Category: Past Events

29 Articles

2023-2024
Past Events

Playing Both Sides or Being Played? Africa in China-U.S. Tech Wars

This event took place on March 21st, 2024 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Even as Belt and Road Initiative funding in Africa decreases, China’s Digital Silk Road…

March 21, 2024

2023-2024
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Money for Mayhem: Mercenaries, Private Military Companies, Drones, and the Future of War

This event took place on February 2nd, 2024 and was hosted via Zoom webinar. The way war is waged is evolving quickly—igniting the rapid rise of private military contractors…

February 2, 2024

2023-2024
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Africa’s Railway Renaissance: The Role and Impact of China

The event took place on October 20th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom Webinar Africa’s Railway Renaissance: The Role and Impact of China (2024) investigates the,…

October 20, 2023

2023-2024
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Kenya’s Engagement with China: Discourse, Power, and Agency

The event took place on October 19th, 2023 and was hosted at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. In recent decades, Kenya has witnessed profound…

October 19, 2023

2023-2024
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BRI in Crisis? The Future of the Belt and Road Initiative

This event took place on October 18th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Fall 2023 marks 10 years of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative …

October 18, 2023

2023-2024
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The 2023 BRICS Summit and Its Potential Impacts for Africa and the Global Order

This event took place on September 29th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. South Africa hosted the fourteenth annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and…

September 29, 2023

2023-2024
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China in 20th and 21st Century African Literature: A Book Talk by Duncan M Yoon

The event took place on September 14th, 2023 and was hosted in-person at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. China in Twentieth-and Twenty-First…

September 14, 2023

2022-2023
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Russian and Chinese Actors in Africa’s Security Landscapes

This event took place on April 21st, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Russia’s Wagner Group, a mercenary force, has ramped up their activities in various African…

April 21, 2023

2022-2023
Past Events

China’s Foreign Aid and Investment in Africa

This event took place on March 24th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. China has become a source of significant aid, investment, and loans for countries across the…

March 24, 2023

2022-2023
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2023 Spring Symposium: Africa-China Engagement: Arts, Culture, and Media

Africa-China engagement is usually seen through political and economic lenses, often focusing on competition between China and Western nations and development impacts in Africa.…

February 24, 2023