South-South Cooperation or “Soft” Power Play? India-Africa and China-Africa Relations since 2000

• In Event: Foreign Aid, Foreign Relations and Development in Contemporary Africa

Brief Overview

This paper assesses China and India’s current role in and possible strategies and motivations for their respective engagement with Africa, broadly as well as in terms of political, economic and military interactions with select African countries.

Authors

• Malte Pehl, College of Charleston

• Jivanta Schottli, Dublin City University