Search: USA,Africa (16 materials)

 

How Africa can escape its geographic and historical chains

The West has caught the continent in a neocolonial trap – it needs new partners Africa’s tragic plight serves as a grim reminder of what happens when geography and history conspire against a region. Often referred to as the cradle of humanity, the continent remains plagued by poverty, instability, and conflict. Despite its immense ...

10.02.2025

ASEAN - US Cooperation - Friends with All, Foes with None: Working with all to facilitate Inclusion of Special Needs People

... what we aim to do with new partnerships with the founding member BRICS countries like Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa and also with ASEAN+3 partners - Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and South Korea. For ASEAN-US cooperation we ... ... Dialogue and Funding Platforms ASEAN-US Partnership: Expand the ASEAN-US partnership to include disability-focused initiatives. USAID Collaboration: Leverage USAID’s expertise and funding to implement programs for special needs youth. ASEAN Initiatives ...

31.01.2025

RIAC and Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Hold Roundtable Discussion on Geopolitical Competition in Sahel

... Geostrategic Competition in Sahel: Positions of Russia, the U.S., France and the EU.” The seminar was attended by heads of security departments, scholars and researchers at NIIA. The Russian delegation included representatives from the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), MGIMO University and HSE University. The participants were invited to speak about the specific features of internal social and political processes in the Sahel amid geopolitical and geostrategic ...

14.06.2024

In Africa: Rise of Russia or decline of the US?

Russian-African ties pose both opportunities and challenges for African countries, but Moscow's renewed engagement in Africa raises concerns among Western nations. The African continent is witnessing a noticeable escalation in the competition between the United ...

08.05.2024

The US Is Using Russia’s Playbook in Africa, but There’s a Catch

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tour portrayed Washington’s official strategy as more benevolent than it actually is US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin embarked on a tour of Africa this week, marking the first such visit by a Pentagon chief since 2020, when Mark Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. In contrast to that occasion, when no attention was paid to Sub-Saharan Africa, Austin’s trip was intended to reaffirm ...

02.10.2023

Voting Practices of Sub-Saharan States of Africa at the UN General Assembly: Latest Trends and Underlying Strategies

Working Paper No. 74 / 2023 Working Paper No. 74 / 2023 The working paper seeks to analyze constitutive voting patterns of Sub-Saharan states of Africa at the UN General Assembly. The methodology proposed in this paper offers an opportunity to explore this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s ...

29.05.2023

A Russian Perspective on the Food Crisis

... hectares of fields have been deactivated. As for the alleged cases of grain stealing, we categorically reject such baseless accusations. It was clearly stated on June 7 by Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, that the organization ... ... contracts regarding shipments of agricultural products. We are aware of the importance of our wheat for the nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East . In the current agricultural year, our exports will amount to 37 million tons of ...

17.06.2022

Akihiko Tanaka: Trump Has Come to Recognise the Importance of the US-Japan Alliance System

Prof. Tanaka reflected on the 60th anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty, what President Trump's 'getting tough' stance means for the world and why Japan is open to cooperation with third parties in Africa On February 7, 2020, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted Professor Tanaka Akihiko, President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), for a round table on the topic “International Politics in East ...

17.02.2020
 

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