January 06
Africa: New U.S. Africa Strategy Overlooks Continent's Growing Strategic Weight
On November 5, the Trump administration unveiled the new National Security Strategy (NSS) for the United States. Since the passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Act in 1986, presidents… Read more »
December 10, 2025
Africa: The New U.S. National Security Strategy - a Transactional Document That Marginalizes Africa
The first official National Security Strategy (NSS) of the second Trump administration, dated November 2025 and publicly issued in early December 2025, is a document that some will… Read more »
October 15, 2025
Africa: Is Gen Z Reshaping Africa's Political Landscape?
In "Does Africa Matter to the United States?", published by FPRI on January 11, 2021, it was argued that the youth of Africa, who currently account for almost half the continent's… Read more »
October 07, 2025
Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act Is No More
In addition to a US Government shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2025, due to failure to pass a spending bill, an event largely ignored by America's mainstream media was the… Read more »
July 30, 2025
Africa: The Liberty Corridor and American Commercial Diplomacy
On the eve of the recent visit of coastal West African leaders to the White House, it was announced that a letter of intent had been signed between Guma Africa Group and the… Read more »
June 23, 2025
Africa: More African Nations Meet Trump Administration Travel Restrictions
Less than six months into his current term in office, President Donald Trump has already imposed visa and travel restrictions on nationals from eleven countries in North and… Read more »
April 15, 2025
Africa: The U.S.-South Africa Imbroglio, and Its Implications for U.S.-Africa Relations
US-South Africa relations have been tense and difficult for several years, but with the advent of the Trump Administration they have reached a critical juncture. The eventual… Read more »
