The China-Africa Security Radar posted on 4 January 2026 a commentary titled "Ambiguous by Design: China's Global Security Initiative and Africa's Security Dilemma" by Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah.
China's Global Security Initiative (GSI), now in its fourth year, offers a framework so ambiguous that it risks becoming what it claims to oppose -- another external power shaping African security on its own terms. The GSI lacks clear implementation mechanisms, accountability structures, or frameworks addressing critical concerns about data sovereignty, surveillance technology governance, and whether security cooperation protects Chinese economic interests or addresses root causes of African instability.