Contemporary China-Africa Political and Security Relations

This event took place on April 1st, 2022 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar.

Ambassador David H. Shinn and Professor Joshua Eisenman provided a sneak peek at their forthcoming book which covers a range of issues from Chinese arms sales to propaganda work in Africa. Are their activities meant to facilitate China’s rise to great power status? Gain external legitimacy for China’s political system and revanchist territorial claims? Expand its influence in Africa and beyond? Protect its economic interests? Counter the United States?

This event was sponsored by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative, African Studies Program, and Asian Studies Program.

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Ambassador David H. Shinn, Ph.D.: George Washington University

Joshua Eisenman, Ph.D: University of Notre Dame

Yun Sun (Discussant): Stimson Center

Ken Opalo, Ph.D (Moderator): Georgetown University