China's Expanding African Relations: Implications for U.S. National Security

doi:10.7249/RR905

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DOI	10.7249/RR905
报告编号	RR-905-A
	China's Expanding African Relations: Implications for U.S. National Security
	Lloyd Thrall
	2015
出版年	2015
页数	132
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	This report explores China's rapidly expanding involvement in Africa in order to better inform U.S. thinking about its relations both with China and with African states. The report pays particular attention to geostrategic competition in Africa, potential security threats, and opportunities on the continent. It examines the economic, political, and security interests driving Chinese engagement with African states and assesses potential medium-term changes in Sino-African relations across these three dimensions. It then assesses how China's interests and behavior on the continent affect the interests of the United States. In this matter, misperceptions often result from faulty assumptions about the potential for conflict over resources, images of Cold War–style geopolitical competition, and the nature of China's economic engagement with the continent. The report concludes by offering policy recommendations for U.S. and Army leaders concerned with U.S. security relationships with African states and with managing Sino-American relations in Africa. In particular, the report recommends that the United States should view China's sometimes-unfavorable activities in Africa in context and continue to seek opportunities to engage Beijing on mutual interests, such as defeating violent extremists, improving African infrastructure to promote trade and development, and encouraging economic and political stability on the continent.
英文关键词	International Diplomacy China International Trade Peacekeeping and Stability Operations United States Africa United States Army
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4061
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lloyd Thrall. China's Expanding African Relations: Implications for U.S. National Security:RAND Corporation,2015.