Tuesday, July 21, 2020

China's Expanding Ties with North Africa

Brookings published in July 2020 an analysis titled "China in the Mediterranean: Implications of Expanding Sino-North Africa Relations" by Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs.

The paper looks at China's growing influence in the southern Mediterranean within the context of great power competition, notably Russia's expanding engagement and America's declining influence.  China has expanded relations primarily through growing economic and commercial ties under the framework of Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative.