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Evolving Principles and Guiding Concepts: How China Gains African Support for its Core National Interests

March 30, 2020 David A. Shinn, Joshua Eisenman Orbis

Here Comes Saudi Arabia’s African Offensive

March 29, 2020 Ilan I. Berman, Jacob McCarty The National Interest

Slowly but surely, Riyadh is beginning to look west. After years of comparatively modest engagement with the countries of East Africa, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is today putting in motion and ambitious strategy for engagement with the continent.

Coronavirus Is Risking China’s Dream Of Global Leadership

March 28, 2020 Devin T. Stewart , Joshua Eisenman The National Interest

The coronavirus pandemic has helped to loosen China’s grip on international opinion.

Don’t Let the Chinese Communist Party Use the Coronavirus to Its Advantage

March 27, 2020 National Review

The CCP is trying to escape blame for COVID-19 and take advantage of recovery. Don’t let it.

Iran’s coronavirus response highlights authoritarianism’s dangers

March 27, 2020 Lawrence J. Haas The Hill

With the coronavirus forcing Iran to dig mass graves for its victims, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. aid offers of recent days and suggested that America “specifically built” the virus “for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians which they have obtained through different means.”