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How the Gulf, India, and Japan Think about Africa

How the Gulf, India, and Japan Think about Africa

FromInto Africa


How the Gulf, India, and Japan Think about Africa

FromInto Africa

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Diplomatic engagement is at an all-time high across Africa. How can multilateral cooperation effectively address challenges such as Covid-19 and regional security? Judd Devermont is joined by Payton Knopf (USIP), Nilanthi Samaranayake (CNA), and Housam Darwisheh (Institute of Developing Economies) to discuss India, Japan, and the Gulf's approach to the continent, the current state of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and the dispute over the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. 

Background Readings:


A Strategic Framework to Improve Coronavirus Response in Africa - Judd Devermont and Nilanthi Samaranayake


How a Tiny Indian Ocean Island Could Force a US-UK Rift - Nilanthi Samaranayake


What’s Ahead for the Horn of Africa in 2020 - Payton Knopf
Released:
Sep 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.