University of California Africa New Strategic Significance in US Foreign Policy Paper

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  • Examine, critically, Africa’s, new, strategic significance in US foreign policy, following China’s growing power, globally, interests, investments and partnership in the continent.
  • Analyze US foreign aid policy in Africa, its diverse strategic, rationalities, channels, reference points and intrinsic paradoxes, around public health, the Ebola and AIDS epidemics.

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Paper Instructions: Directions: ⚫ Two separate papers ⚫ Attempt 2 questions ⚫ Keep your answer clear, concise and analytical ⚫ Address your responses to the specific demands of each question ⚫ Illustrate your answers with apt references, and cite key sources consulted. ⚫ Limit your responses to full-four pages, double spaced, 12 pitch-font, Time New Roman for per question. Questions: ⚫ Examine, critically, Africa’s, new, strategic significance in US foreign policy, following China’s growing power, globally, interests, investments and partnership in the continent. ⚫ Analyze US foreign aid policy in Africa, its diverse strategic, rationalities, channels, reference points and intrinsic paradoxes, around public health, the Ebola and AIDS epidemics.
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Running head: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Relations
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Africa’s New Strategic Significance in U.S Foreign Policy
Introduction
China’s growing power in Africa’s economic and political affairs is contrary to the
conventional perception that the country is majorly concerned with Africa’s natural resources.
The interests of China in Africa include economic, political, security and ideological in which it
seeks support for its domestic political legitimacy and foreign policy agendas. As china’s
domestic growth began to increase at the end of the 20th century, the need for raw materials and
the creation of employment compelled China to look for overseas markets. Africa was the best
choice for investment because of its abundant natural resources, underdeveloped market potential
and need for infrastructural development (Sun, 2014). The increasing relationship between China
and Africa cannot be underrated because of the complexity of relationships between the United
States, Africa, and China.
The increasing involvement of the United States and China into African Affairs is being
termed by critics as the new scramble for Africa. The new strategy introduced by the current U.S
president on Africa in 2018 was not directed towards helping Africa achieve sustainable
development goals but to reduce China's increasing influence on Africa (Schindler, 2019). The
U.S strategy aims at expanding trade and counter possible security threats rather than unselective
use of foreign aid. The United States feels that it ought to apply strategies to neutralize great
power competition in Africa that is mainly caused by China and Russia. China and Russia are
observed to rapidly expand their financial and political influence across the African continent
(Bosshard, 2018).
The high-figure loans being issued by China to African countries is one strategy being
used by China to hold African states captives to the wishes and demands of the Republic of

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China. The loans that China is issuing to Africa are thought to have negative social and
environmental implications. The action also appears to suppress the capability of the United
States as the worlds’ strongest superpower. The strategy is said to be amongst the ‘one belt one
road’ plan by China in which it intends to create trade routes in and outside China to other
continents for the purpose of progressing Chinese global dominance. This argument describes
Africa as an innocent and helpless victim easily lured into the Chinese malicious policies
(Bosshard, 2018). However, the authenticity of this perception cannot be ascertained because
African policymakers are the ones who engage China with the aim of redefining their foreign
policy in a rapidly multipolar world.
Zambia's state of indebtedness is one of African's case studies that raise a concern of how
China's loans on Africa may be used as a bait to hold the continent a captive of Beijing. Zambia
is one of the African countries thought as being about to fall victims of China’s debts. Zambia's
high rate of indebtedness since 2015 raises concerns at the IMF questioning whether China it
would have to surrender its crucial resources to the creditors. Reports have tended to suggest that
Zambia is...


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