When Perception is Power: Countering China’s Courtship of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Trump Era
08/14/2025
When Perception is Power: Countering China’s Courtship of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Trump Era
As Trump slashes U.S. cultural diplomacy capabilities, the structural capacity of the U.S. to compete in the region could erode further, permitting China to consolidate gains in countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, and Nigeria.
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Quiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic Deterrence
In the critical nature of the region’s security, this hedging behavior is particularly conducive to its strategic environment. It is not only cost-effective because there is a value-add, which is the long-term resilience of diverging from major power influence.
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Trump As the (In)adverteant Harbinger of a New Transatlantic Security Architecture: Europe’s Autonomy as a Bulwark Against Chinese Influence
Despite Europe’s obvious limitations: defense logistics are slow, coordination is patchy, and most battlefield support still depends on American leadership and hardware. The war in Ukraine has shown that when Europe mobilizes, it can play a decisive role in sanctions, refugee resettlement, and industrial ramp-up.
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Who’s Afraid of Engagement?
Framing China in a broader transnational context makes not only intellectual sense; it also attracts more students and makes the course more likely to run.
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Hu Xijin: Is a Xi’an Incident–style military coup possible in Taiwan?
But I, Old Hu, must speak objectively: under current conditions, the likelihood of such an event is almost nonexistent. To attempt to engineer such a scenario would be a waste of effort with little hope of success.
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