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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">26776</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2021-21-2-265-278</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Strategies of Sino-American Rivalry in Africa: From 2000 to COVID-19</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Стратегии китайско-американского соперничества в Африке: с 2000 г. до пандемии COVID-19</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5304-1039</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Conteh-Morgan</surname><given-names>Earl</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Конте-Морган</surname><given-names>Эрл</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in International Relations, Professor of International Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор наук в области международных отношений, профессор международных исследований Школы междисциплинарных глобальных исследований</p></bio><email>conteh@usf.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of South Florida</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Южной Флориды</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-06-22" publication-format="electronic"><day>22</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Intensifying U.S. — Сhina Strategic Rivalry and the Transformation of the Global Order</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Нарастающее стратегическое соперничество между США и КНР  и трансформация глобального миропорядка</issue-title><fpage>265</fpage><lpage>278</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-06-22"><day>22</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Conteh-Morgan E.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Конте-Морган Э.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Conteh-Morgan E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Конте-Морган Э.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/26776">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/26776</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">In this article it is argued that Sino-American rivalry in Africa is based on competing strategies utilized by each power to enhance their interests and bilateral ties on the continent, as well to try and outdo each other in image projection and overall influence expansion. These strategies of rivalry and power enhancement revolve around promoting close military ties and transactions on the continent; the framing of the continent in the language of securitization and strategic importance; and the perennial utilization of discourse or narrative that frames the other as detrimental to the interests of African states. These strategies of containing the others power preponderance or influence have expanded to include what is now referred to as vaccine diplomacy on the part of China, and during the Trump Administration the raising of loud alarm bells of China trying to dispossess Africa through what could be referred to as the “debt trap”. The consequences of these competing strategies enhance the following: authoritarianism in some key African states; increased jihadism in some regions of Africa as a reaction to the presence of the two major powers on the continent; weapons implicated in state violence and war crimes; and less money available for development as a result of resources being diverted to militarization. The ongoing pandemic will add another dimension to the US - China rivalry as both powers try to project an image of being the most concerned about Africa on as it relates to combating the virus.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Утверждается, что китайско-американское соперничество в Африке основано на конкурирующих стратегиях, используемых каждой державой для укрепления своих интересов и двусторонних связей на континенте, а также реализации попыток превзойти друг друга в проецировании имиджа и общем расширении влияния. Стратегии соперничества и усиления влияния вращаются вокруг содействия тесным военным связям и сделкам на континенте, формирования континента на языке секьюритизации и стратегической важности и постоянного использования дискурса или нарратива, который изображает соперника наносящим ущерб интересам африканских государств. Стратегии сдерживания превосходства или влияния других сил расширились, включив в себя то, что сейчас называется вакцинной дипломатией со стороны Китая, и во время президентства Д. Трампа из США раздавались четкие тревожные сигналы, означающие обеспокоенность Вашингтона попытками Китая маргинализировать Африку посредством так называемой «долговой ловушки». Последствия этих конкурирующих стратегий усиливают авторитаризм в некоторых ключевых африканских государствах, рост джихадизма в ряде регионов Африки в ответ на присутствие двух крупных держав на континенте, случаи применения оружия в рамках государственного насилия и военных преступлений, а также сокращение средств для развития в результате отвлечения ресурсов на милитаризацию. Продолжающаяся пандемия добавит еще одно измерение к соперничеству между США и Китаем, поскольку обе державы пытаются позиционировать себя как страны, наиболее обеспокоенные борьбой с вирусом в Африке.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>United States</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>militarization and securitization</kwd><kwd>discourse</kwd><kwd>vaccine diplomacy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>милитаризация и секьюритизация</kwd><kwd>дискурс</kwd><kwd>вакцинная дипломатия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Albrecht, U. (1977). Technology and militarization of Third World countries in theoretical perspectives. Bulletin of Peace Proposals, 8(2), 124-126.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Alden, C. (2007). China in Africa (African arguments). 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