Walsh School of Foreign Service

Category: Past Events

35 Articles

2024-2025
Past Events

The Impact of China’s Security Sector Assistance on State Fragility: The Case of Mali

This event took place on November 1st, 2024 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. China’s security sector assistance (SSA) to Mali since the 2012 crisis may have potential…

November 1, 2024

2024-2025
Past Events

The Latecomer’s Rise: A Book Talk by Muyang Chen

The event took place on October 11th, 2024 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Professor Muyang Chen (Peking University) discussed her recent book The Latecomer’s…

October 11, 2024

2024-2025
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China in Africa, Environmental Governance and Civil Society: The Case of Kua Forest in Burkina Faso

The event took place on September 25th, 2024 and was hosted in-person at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. In the state-run Kua forest in…

September 25, 2024

Past Events

2024 Spring Symposium

This Spring 2024 symposium, organized by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative and African Studies, brought together experts from across the United States, as well…

April 30, 2024

2023-2024
Past Events

Emergence of a New Developmentalism: Development Learning in China-Africa Interaction

The event took place on April 16th, 2024 and was hosted at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. At an intimate in-person event, Professor Li…

April 16, 2024

2023-2024
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Kenya and Zambia’s Relations with China 1949-2019

This event took place on April 5th, 2024 and was hosted via Zoom webinar. Africa has become a major platform from which to analyze and understand China’s growing influence…

April 5, 2024

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
Past Events

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
Past Events

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
Past Events

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