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DONALD TRUMP AND AFRICA. THE INITIAL STAGE
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DONALD TRUMP AND AFRICA. THE INITIAL STAGE
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S0321-50750000616-3-1
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Andrey Urnov 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0520-0194
Edition
Issue №2
Pages
3-10
Abstract
During the election campaign of 2016 and after DTrump was elected, the majority of African politicians and observers gave pessimistic predictions about what the Black Continent could expect from his presidency. There were fears that Washington would drastically cut aid to Africa and subject it to political «marginalization». The article deals with African policy of the Trump Administration on the initial stage of his presidency. An attempt is made to compare this policy with that of President B.Obama, to trace both differences and similarities between them. Today the Trump Administration does not have any comprehensive African strategy of its own. It was only in September 2017, that DTrump for the first time set forth his vision of Africa and US-Africa relations in a more or less detailed way. The major "pillars", programs and mechanisms of the African course his Administration has to a great extent inherited from its predecessors. As it was expected, in the hierarchy of Trump' foreign policy priorities Africa has lost the privileged position it occupied at the time of Obama. Nevertheless it just cannot afford to ignore the region, which is of weighty geostrategic, political and economic importance to the USA. Washington has no intention to withdraw from Africa. The article reviews the decision making process and practical steps of Trump Administration on the continent in the political, economic and military spheres. In brief are described the ways the US relations were shaped with some African countries (Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, South African Republic, South Sudan).
Keywords
D.Trump, African policy, economic assistance, military activities, terrorism, continuity
Date of publication
01.02.2018
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