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Title:Africa's expansion: implications and interests of China and the United States
Editor:Clemens, Shanae
Year:2014
Pages:208
Language:English
Series:African political, economic and security issues series
City of publisher:New York
Publisher:Nova Publishers
ISBN:9781633213685; 1633213730; 9781633213739
Geographic terms:Africa
China
United States
Subjects:petroleum exploration
natural gas
international economic relations
foreign investments
Abstract:This book discusses Africa's booming oil and natural gas exploration and production. It also examines China's oil diplomacy, equity investments in strategic minerals, and food policy toward Africa. It has two chapters, both written by David E. Brown: 1. Africa's booming oil and natural gas exploration and production: national security implications for the USA and China; and 2. Hidden dragon, crouching lion: how China's advance in Africa is underestimated and Africa's potential underappreciated. Two long-term energy trends are shifting the strategic balance between the USA and China in the 21st century: first, the search for hydrocarbons in Africa is making it an increasingly crucial element in China's energy diversification strategy; second, a domestic boom in U.S. shale oil and gas is boosting America's energy security. These trends make Beijing's own increasing energy insecurity be felt more acutely, pushing the People's Liberation Army to accelerate the adoption of a 'two ocean' military strategy. Key questions include: Why has China been so successful in expanding its economic ties to Africa? Will China's trade credits and development loans create a new debt burden for Africa? Will Africa be able to industrialize in part because of, or despite, China? And, what are the impacts of new non-state Chinese actors on Africa? [ASC Leiden abstract]