China's Growing Security Role in West Africa

The Mercator Institute for China Studies and Konrad-Adenauer -Stiftung published in July 2020 a major study titled "China's Growing Security Role in Africa: Views from West Africa, Implications for Europe" by Tom Bayes.

The report examines the growing role of China in West African security and seeks to understand the nature and scope of  China's role as a security actor now and in the future.  It considers China's substantive impact on West African security dynamics and the views of West African political and military decision makers on China's emergence as a security partner.