
Jul 21, 20263 min
Africa's Nonalignment, Version Two
A new generation of African states is reviving an old instinct — refusing to be anyone's theatre — and updating it for a multipolar economy.
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A new generation of African states is reviving an old instinct — refusing to be anyone's theatre — and updating it for a multipolar economy.

Infrastructure is destiny. The routes that carry gas, oil and data increasingly carry political influence with them.

Economic pressure has become the instrument of first resort. Its record is far more ambiguous than its popularity suggests.