Do China's economic engagements affect peace and security outcomes in Africa? Find out from this excellent cohort of African scholars presenting their recent fieldwork for the first time tomorrow
Thrilled to share my latest analysis with Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola!
We find:
➡️ 17 of 54 African countries have national cybersecurity strategies
➡️ 11 strategies have timelines
➡️ 7 possess threat assessments or allocate resources
➡️ only 3 (🇸🇿 🇰🇪 🇸🇳) have all the above
Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer le lancement du podcast "AFRIKCHINE",en français.Nous recherchons des invités exceptionnels afin d’échanger sur des questions cruciales des relations Afrique-Chine.
N'hésitez pas à nous contacter directement ou à nous recommander des invités.
1 of 4: lots of talk about Russia and other countries will start shifting away from SWIFT to China's CIP system. The CIP system is a yuan-based system. To shift to CIP significantly, you need to have major settlements in yuan and accumulated lots of yuan first....
Part of the many events we will be holding this semester for the Africa-China Initiative! Join us this Friday from 2-3:30 PM EST. Link to register here-> https://t.co/jLGn49plwd Hope to see you there!
New blog via @ODI_Global looks to the opportunities -- and lessons -- for the #EUAfrica Summit this week, following in the wake of #FOCAC last year.
https://t.co/73d8TsV5eb
In @David_McNair's thought-provoking assessment of behind-the-scenes dynamics for @AfricaCarnegie, the upcoming #EUAUSummit could be a turning point for Europe-Africa relations even if the post-summit headlines ultimately disappoint.
https://t.co/4PnRTDZ5I5
🥁📢 So proud to share our latest w/ the amazing @ilaria_carrozza in @IntlStudiesRev. We wrote about global south knowledge production practices and peripheral epistemic hierarchies. We looked into how #Africa is written abt in #China-based IR research 1/
https://t.co/ZeSKmFw72t
Today the olympics taught me that the Chinese word for Montenegro is 黑山 and now I wonder if that is the only perfect translation of a country name from its original language into Chinese…?
We looked at the amazing survey data that @jenjpan and @xuyiqing collected and analyzed over the years and wanted to share more broadly outside academia. Thanks to @StanfordSCCEI for their support to #BigDataChina our new collaborative project! For more read here👇
How will China’s DSR affect Africa’s technological and security future? My recent Asia unbound and @CFR_Asia piece - China’s Digital Silk Road and Africa’s Technological Future - explores this question https://t.co/tLcxz39Z1Y via @CFR_org
“the best cybersecurity podcast I’ve ever heard” said my road trip partner just now! Shazeda Ahmed’s multidisciplinary approach, on-the-ground research + fluent Mandarin is unique in this space. Hosted by the great @rzhongnotes, edited by @meganisonline! https://t.co/7kIcu1GdQs