Portfolio Diplomacy: Rethinking African Economic Statecraft in a Multipolar World

Walk through Nairobi and the twenty-first century global economy comes into view. Chinese-built expressways carry commuters to office towers occupied by American technology firms. French retailer Carrefour has become one of the country’s largest supermarket chains. Japanese vehicles dominate the roads while Indian pharmaceutical companies supply hospitals and pharmacies. Increasingly, Gulf investors are financing the logistics corridors that connect Kenya to regional markets. None of these relationships is unusual on its own. Most people experience them as disconnected features of everyday life. Yet, this is rarely the lens through which Kenya’s foreign policy is viewed. Public debate has instead become […] The post Portfolio Diplomacy: Rethinking African Economic Statecraft in a Multipolar World appeared first on African Arguments.