Category: Geoeconomics & Resource Competition

24 Articles

Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Problem with America’s Africa Strategy: What is Wrong and How to Fix It

It’s been two months since the Biden administration unveiled its “Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” and two months remain until the administration hosts the U.S.…

October 25, 2022

Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Sub-Saharan Africa

Western Intransigence and Eastern Assertiveness: The Revival of Strategic Competition in West Africa

On September 1, 1961, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25 heads of state hailing from four continents—from Cuba in the West to Indonesia in the East, gathered to formally establish the…

May 13, 2022

Environment and Biosecurity
Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Resource Curse, Colonialism, And The Hypocrisy Of Western “Climate Leadership”

Western countries are often hypocrites, especially when it comes to climate change mitigation. As the world works to curb emissions and tackle climate change, many Western…

April 2, 2022

Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Technology

Hippity, Hoppity: Space Property Rights And The Future Of American Space Travel

January 27th, 1967 has a bitter-sweet legacy in the history of space travel. In Cape Canaveral Florida, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee were killed during a rehearsal for…

March 4, 2022