The Geopolitical Shift of the European Union's Policy Readjustment towards Africa
Under the changing geopolitical context,the European Union(EU)has been readjusting its African policy.It is committed to realizing the geopolitical transformation of European-African relationship to serve both its own pragmatic interests and geopolitical gains by joining great power game.China-US geopolitical tensions,the Covid-19 and the Ukraine crisis reshaped the EU's worldview,giving the EU a structural impetus to adjust its Africa policy.The EU itself is trying to regain competitive advantage through green and digital dual transformation,which is the endogenous momentum for its Africa policy adjustment.The outbreak of Ukraine crisis in 2022 accelerated its readjustment policy process towards Africa.An important dimension of the EU's current policy change towards Africa is back to its geopolitical perspective to see Africa's role and hopes to focus on the key raw materials needed for its own green and digital transformation by rebalancing the relationship between aid,investment and trade.As an important testing ground for the geopolitical transformation of EU's own foreign policy,it also hopes to strengthen its security presence in Africa,since its peace and security policy towards Africa faces a crossroads.At present,the adjustment of the EU's African policy is facing a series of deep-seated challenges,including the paradox of values and interests,the asymmetry of each other's strength and interests,and the EU's own expectation-capacity gaps in its Africa policy.
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