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Which factors determine credibility for U.S. foreign policy? Read this deep dive from Khristo Ayad.
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According to Markos Kounalakis, without a defined foreign policy, the United States' influence in Africa is likely to decline.
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Shaun Riordan discusses how the importance of the G20 summit goes beyond its communique.
While China’s presence and influence in Africa is well documented – especially regarding resource extraction – another element is increasingly becoming an important economic and political tool: traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese involvement in Africa has long included a prominent medical presence, with Beijing supporting medical efforts on the continent for decades. As China’s export capacity increased in the late 1990s and early 2000s