Decolonizing Superpower Relations: Partnerships with China and Russia

Michael Amoah ()
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Chapter Chapter 7 in Decolonizing African Politics, 2025, pp 107-115 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter focuses on Africa’s post-independence relationships with non-Western powers such as China and Russia, and the potential for a recurrence of the repudiated discourse and practices which Africa experienced with the previous colonial powers from Europe. In the fast-evolving multipolar world, the posture of the old European powers and the United States (US) regarding Africa’s relations with the emerging economies of China and Russia has shifted from interference to caution and competition. Africa’s response to the Western narrative on Africa’s ongoing relationships with China and Russia is one of a win–win equation. Meanwhile, the Second Russo-Ukrainian War which commenced in February 2022, coupled with the global green energy transition, have generated a new scramble for African resources by both the West and the East. We also see the prominence of foreign legions and state-sponsored private military companies competing for Africa’s security space, along with the systematic departure of Western legions from certain countries and their replacement by Russian forces. At play is a resurgence of Cold War or East/West competition for African allies, together with the new scramble for natural resources. To what extent is Africa’s partnerships with the emerging economies decolonizing African reliance on the advanced economies? Is this trend sustainable in the evolution of world politics?

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89218-9_7

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