- PII
- S0321-50750000617-4-1
- DOI
- 10.31857/S50000617-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 1
- Pages
- 2-7
- Abstract
- On the initiative of President Obama the US-African Leaders Summit was held in Washington on August 5 and 6, 2014. Out of 50 African countries which participated in this assembly, 42 were represented by heads of states and governments.For the United States it was the first summit meeting with Africa, while Japan have regularly convened similar ones since 1993, and China and European Union - since 2000.Behind the decision to host the summit was Washington’s striving to reverse the course of events in the “battle for Africa” which the United States have been losing to other world actors, first of all China, both geopolitically and economically. It was expected that through exerting influence on Africa from “the very top” the United States would be able to regain its leading positions on the continent.The article depicts the proceedings of the summit, dwells upon US-Africa relations in economic and military fields. Spatial attention is paid to Washington Yong African Leaders initiative aimed to cultivate in Africa the future generation of pro-American ruling class.The summit may be assessed as a short term success. The long term results are yet to be seen.
- Keywords
- the United States, Africa, the US-Africa summit, the Law on economic growth and trade opportunities in Africa, Africa
- Date of publication
- 01.01.2015
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 1173
RAS History & PhilologyAsia and Africa Today
- ISSN (Print) 0321-5075
- ISSN (Online)2782-2389
THE US-AFRICAN LEADERS SUMMIT
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Scientific Electronic Library