US strategy toward Africa – Analysis: US Africa Strategy established six entry points to implement these goals, including: increasing U.S. diplomatic engagement in the region, supporting sustainable development and economic resilience, revising tools for dealing with African militaries, strengthening commercial relationships with countries in the region, and leading the digital transformation process in the region Supporting urban renewal efforts in the region.

U.S. Africa Strategy established six entry points to implement these goals, including: increasing U.S. diplomatic engagement in the region, supporting sustainable development and economic resilience, revising tools for dealing with African militaries, strengthening commercial relationships with countries in the region, and leading the digital transformation process in the region Supporting urban renewal efforts in the region. U.S. strategy toward Africa: Analysis

The U.S.-Africa Summit in Light of the New U.S. Strategy

On the occasion of the US-Africa summit, which is currently taking place in the US capital, Washington, the Trends Center for Research and Consulting has published a new study entitled: “The US-Africa summit in light of the new US strategy”, which highlights the real reasons for this summit, analyzes the objectives of this strategy, the mechanisms of its implementation and the most important challenges that the Americans face in implementing this strategy.

The study prepared by Kul Noura Al Habsi, Senior Researcher – Director of Scientific Publication Department, and Khaled Fayyad, Senior Researcher, Strategic Studies Department, said that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden considers this summit as one of the most important priorities. of the U.S. foreign policy in the coming months. Indicating that Washington sees the summit as the first opportunity for his administration, to show how it sees the future of U.S.-Africa relations on its soil, amidst the growing geopolitical tension with Russia and China and efforts to restore U.S.-Africa relations, after the tension it witnessed during the time of U.S. President Trump, but rather sees it as the real test of the new America’s strategy in Africa after the announcement reported last August.

Role of Africa in the international arena

The study, which was part of research programs in foreign policy and international relations, addressed the role of Africa in the international arena, which is considered one of the continents most affected, compared to other continents, by the changes taking place in the various international systems.

It indicated that Africa has become a major global arena today, as actors, both regional and international, attempt to forge a role for themselves through it, indicating the reasons for the need for a new American engagement with the African continent, as the demographic, economic and political importance of the African continent has grown and concerns have increased: security on the African continent, the growing influence of China on the continent, Russian hard power and new regional interference.

The paper indicated that based on these reasons, which reflect the multiplicity of hands willing and eager to play a real role, the United States has issued a new strategy towards Africa, through which it has tried to develop a set of visions and ideas, with which the United States can cope with the developments on the African continent, resulting in the return of this role for the African continent in a more effective and efficient way. The strategy has four goals: promoting just and open societies, strengthening democratic efforts and addressing security challenges, supporting a strong recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, and promoting climate adaptation and green energy transitions.

Great power competition around Africa

The study states that the U.S. Africa Strategy established six entry points to implement these goals, including: increasing U.S. diplomatic engagement in the region, supporting sustainable development and economic resilience, revising tools for dealing with African militaries, strengthening commercial relationships with countries in the region, and leading the digital transformation process in the region Supporting urban renewal efforts in the region.

The study identified four challenges facing the new U.S. strategy on the African continent: the African position, democracy support, the Russian challenge, and the Chinese challenge.

The study dwelt on the future of the American role in Africa, noting that in the face of this strategy and these challenges, it is possible to say that the American role is linked to its future success in the face of these challenges, stressing that the security challenge, represented by the spread of terrorist groups and their empowerment from many regions Ungoverned Africa represents the greatest danger to the success of the U.S.-Africa summit and the promotion of the implementation of the new U.S. strategy in Africa, which indeed requires an integrated strategy with a long breath that treats the African continent as a partner, and the liberation from this previous patriarchal relationship.

U.S. strategy toward sub-saharan Africa

“Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to advancing our global priorities. It has one of the world’s fastest growing populations, largest free trade areas, most diverse ecosystems, and one of the largest regional voting groups in the United Nations (UN). It is impossible to meet this era’s defining challenges without African contributions and leadership”, reads the official White House document “U.S. strategy toward sub-saharan Africa”.

This strategy identifies four goals to advance U.S. priorities in concert with regional partners in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years. The United States will “leverage all of our diplomatic, development, and defense capabilities, strengthen our trade and commercial ties, focus on digital ecosystems, and rebalance toward urban hubs, to support these goals.”

1. Fostering openness and open societies
2. Delivering a democratic and security dividend
3. Advancing pandemic recovery and economic opportunity
4. Support conservation, climate adaptation, and just energy
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