How Niger's Attempted Coup Exposed Decisive Geopolitical Competition in West Africa
The jury remains out as to whether Beijing has a clearly thought-through agenda with the Pacific Islands Forum, meeting this week, or even in Africa, or whether it is just lashing out to show that it still matters. But, rest assured, it is lashing out.
In an evolving period of transformation, exacerbated by US global initiatives, everything has changed, but nothing has been resolved.