Europe, Angola and the UAE: Navigating competition on Africaโs Atlantic coast
Angolaโs close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates Africaโs diversification of external partners. Europe needs to overcome internal disunity, temper its reliance on the US and engage with emergingโฆ
My new commentary ahead of the #AUEUSummit
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ is a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐'s global relevance. Europe should integrate projects and scale on the minerals value chain, rebalance relations with the US and engage new players like the UAE.
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