Tuesday, April 6, 2021

China's Foreign Policy in the Arctic and Africa

 The latest issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics published a study titled "The Arctic and Africa in China's Foreign Policy: How Different Are They and What Does This Tell Us?" by Christer Pursiainen, Chris Alden, and Rasmus Bertelsen.  

Just when you thought every conceivable China-Africa topic has been covered, we have this piece that compares China's policies towards the Arctic and Africa.  It concludes that China's regional strategies aptly reflect the overall grand strategy of a country that is slowly but surely aiming at taking on the role of leading global superpower.