USA Africa Dialogue Series - Shift in US Foreign Policy

The Biden administration got a wake-up

call,  given Africa's response to the Ukraine-

Russia crisis. It  initially assumed that

Africa could be forced to toe the line by

sanctions and intimidation. That didn't work.

Now the tone has changed towards 

cooperation and negotiation. Fine.

The arrogance of the first half of the year,

perhaps  pushed by the neocons in the administration, had to give way, in the

light of dismal failure. The administration realized,  too, that anti-French sentiment

 is on the rise, paving the way  for more pro- Russian inroads. Malian documentation

of direct  French support to the jihadists

has not helped. So the pivot to a more

congenial atmosphere is great progress.

https://amp.france24.com/en/africa/20220728-a-new-cold-war-as-russia-france-us-compete-for-influence-in-africa

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association