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Meeting Africa’s Demographic Challenge
›By Phillip Carter III & Stephen Schwartz // Tuesday, November 15, 2022This blog was originally posted on NewSecurityBeat, a blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center.
Often cast into the backwaters of U.S. foreign policy, sub-Saharan Africa now looms large as the Biden Administration grapples with a wide range of global challenges. President Biden will soon host the upcoming Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, that acknowledges the U.S. government must do much more in Africa in order to advance U.S. interests and global prosperity.
Africa will play an increasingly important role in the global economy in this century. The war in Ukraine and China’s increasingly aggressive international posture have wiped away Western somnolence. Seeking to counter Russian and Chinese influence on the continent, the U.S. and its Western partners now are scrambling for Africa’s resources and diplomatic support.
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