Within the next few decades, Africa is expected to be home to one in four people on earth and will witness a surge of economic growth, plus evolving diplomatic and cultural influence. There is no denying that Africa will be a significant force shaping the twenty-first century. But even with that being the case, it is unclear how the United States and Africa will cooperate on defining issues such as defense and economic development.
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In this limited series supported by the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Africa Center, Maureen Farrell, GeoStrategy Initiative nonresident senior fellow, and Rose Keravuori, Africa Center nonresident senior fellow, examine paths for African countries and the United States, guiding them on how to tap the opportunities that US-Africa security and economic cooperation bring. Such opportunities, the authors explore, include securing mutually beneficial critical mineral and energy deals, addressing terrorist threats, countering malign influence, and—importantly—supporting an industrial transformation across the African continent, which would create jobs and bolster economies.
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The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.
The Africa Center works to promote dynamic geopolitical partnerships with African states and to redirect US and European policy priorities toward strengthening security and bolstering economic growth and prosperity on the continent.
This work was supported in part by the Africa Center’s Critical Minerals Task Force, a leading platform for research and discussion on the burgeoning critical mineral partnership between African countries and the United States.