China is eating our lunch all over the world while we piss away money on military and weapons with zero return.
https://t.me/geopolitics_live/23415Hard Times for US soft power projection in Africa under Biden
New polling from Gallup suggests China is increasingly gaining favor across Africa as it invests in infrastructure projects throughout the continent as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. Russia also saw an improvement in perceptions of its leadership in the survey, with its median approval rating rising above 75% in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad.
Professor Linwood Tauheed suggested the decline in the United States’ favorability may be a response to heavy handed attempts by the Biden administration to convince countries to cut ties with Russia amid its special operation to defend the Donbass republics. Tauheed joined Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program to discuss the development and Washington’s historical policy towards the African continent.
“This idea of the US wanting to convince these African countries to embrace democratic norms is one thing that certainly leaps out of the page with the US, of course, violating democratic norms or at least the theory of democracy everywhere it goes, and nowhere more so than in Africa,” said Tauheed.
A recent analysis by Responsible Statecraft found that 15 African military officers trained in the United States took part in 12 recent coups across the continent. The US has been criticized for its role in overthrowing a number of prominent historical African leaders such as Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba.
https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1788431312358879534https://sputnikglobe.com/20240509/hard-times-for-us-soft-power-projection-in-africa-1118346857.htmlHard Times for US Soft Power Projection in Africa
https://news.gallup.com/poll/644222/loses-soft-power-edge-africa.aspx
