The New Delhi-based Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses published on 6 September 2023 an analysis titled "The China-Africa Peace and Security Forum: Practical Outcomes or Same Old Rhetoric?" by Abhishek Mishra.
The third iteration of the China-Africa Peace and Security Forum took place in China from 28 August to 2 September 2023. Over 100 participants from 50 African countries attended the event. The author concluded that the conference achieved very little apart from rhetorical commitments.
