Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Feb 17, 2015
China and the African Union are partnering to help create a more connected continental infrastructure which would assist the development of Africa by breaking away from colonial linkages and the fostering of intra-African trade and well as Pan-African identities. The signed agreement hasn’t specified the infrastructure development plan, but it could prove transformational.
He Wenping, Senior Fellow, Charhar Institute
Jan 16, 2015
Promoting peace and stability in Africa, and strengthening security cooperation with Africa has been an important pillar of China-Africa cooperation in recent years.
Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Dec 10, 2014
A Chinese company has successfully developed a new anti-malarial drug, Artequick, and has begun testing its efficacy in the Comoros, a three-nation island with a long history of the parasite. Early positive results have excited researchers for the new medications’ ability to rid malaria in a host’s body, rather than target mosquitos.
Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Nov 13, 2014
China has now joined the United States and Britain in a long overdue effort to help reduce Ebola fatalities in West Africa. Together with Western efforts and funds, China may help end today’s scourge of Ebola, writes Robert Rotberg.
He Wenping, Senior Fellow, Charhar Institute
Nov 04, 2014
The Ebola epidemic has been in international headlines for months now, and as a result, many countries are coming to the aid of West Africa to help fight this fatal outbreak. Dr. He Wenping argues that China and the U.S. should help fund research and medical teams in afflicted nations.
Oct 22, 2014
China must forge partnerships with strategic pivots, or nations with which it has stable relations, to extend its influence.
David Shinn, Adjunct Professor, George Washington University
Sep 10, 2014
Was the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Washington’s response to China’s growing role on the African continent? David H. Shinn, former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, explores this summit and its similarities to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Sep 04, 2014
After being snubbed by the Obama administration and excluded from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe traveled to China in search of much needed financial support to help restore the Zimbabwe’s crumbling infrastructure.
Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Aug 07, 2014
As heads of state from across Africa convene in Washington, D.C. this week for the 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Robert Rotberg discusses the uphill battle the United States has to gain influence on a continent where China has a dominant foothold.
Vikram Nehru, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Asia Program
Jul 28, 2014
No sooner had the dust settled from the World Cup than Brazil played host to the five leaders of the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. An immediate outcome of the Fortaleza summit was the formation of the New Development Bank, a development finance institution to rival the World Bank. The group also announced a currency reserve pool as an alternative to the IMF. Done right, both initiatives could change the institutional landscape for multilateral development financing.