Download the Brief The Issue U.S. policy toward Africa is in need of a facelift—in both substance and strategic vision—to keep up with the continent’s shifting demographics and growing influence on

Download the Brief The Issue Sub-Saharan Africa’s electoral landscape is changing. A combination of demographic, technological, and geostrategic developments is unsettling the region’s politics.

Download the Brief The Issue Sub-Saharan Africa’s foreign counterparts are forging closer partnerships with the region because they see new openings for trade and investment, as well as growing

The Covid-19 pandemic will be a history-altering event. But where will it take us? In “On the Horizon,” a new CSIS series, our scholars offer their insights into the fundamental changes we might

A trio of White House strategies have heralded the return of strategic competition between the United States and its adversaries, China and Russia, in sub-Saharan Africa.

As the Pentagon contemplates a drawdown of the U.S. military presence in Africa, it is imperative for the U.S. military to reaffirm its non-counterterrorism missions in the region and reform how it

Domestic racism has long impacted U.S. foreign policy. It’s time to open up about it.

CSIS Briefs Download the Brief The Issue The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which first started in 1993, is reorienting itself toward trade and investment to remain

In June 2020, Colombian businessman Alex Saab landed in the West African island nation of Cabo Verde. He claimed he was traveling on behalf of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro as a state “agent”

This commentary is part of the Strategic Trade series supported by the Atlas Network. When President Trump in February 2020 said a trade deal with Kenya “probably” would happen, he committed the

Africa’s space programs account for a very small part of the world’s space activity. But the continent’s profile in space is growing, and if

Chinese investments in sub-Saharan African ports1 present potential threats to U.S. influence in sub-Saharan Africa as well as African sovereignty. A recent CSIS report, Influence and Infrastructure:

The West seems unaware that Africa’s future is urban. 

Educating the continent’s future leaders has been a secret weapon in the fight for geopolitical power

In our “Africa Reacts” series, prominent African journalists, civil society activists, and thought leaders share their analysis on U.S. politics. By flipping the script—featuring African analysts’

Africa matters to U.S. cities. Over the past few decades, the continent has shaped the wealth, foreign policy profile, academic success, and cultural life of America’s major cities. To explore these