British — Cameroon Relations in a Post COVID world.
Introduction.
The U.K. will likely rethink its transatlantic alliance with the war in Ukraine, uncertainty over Brexit, and a need to balance its geostrategic ambitions with a string domestic policy. In my view, this will include a reappraisal of its anti-China stance, its continued demand for equivalence in Chinese markets, and China’s activities in the South China Sea. The transactional nature of U.S relations under the Trump administration drove a wedge between Britain’s approach to global diplomacy and that of its NATO allies, not least Europe wading through the risks availed to it from a post-Brexit Hangover.
The war in Ukraine has reignited the need to diversify supply chains and boost the resilience of poorer countries to strengthen agriculture and other key sectors that will determine the trajectory and quality of growth in Cameroon.
- Developments in Cameroon; security crisis and COVID-19 & British Aid.
- Its role as a “balancing” power on the global stage.
- Its free market and values-centric approach to post-COVID engagement.
Cameroon is besieged by twin risks, a security crisis in the North, and an identity crisis, which have wrought unprecedented economic hardship and displaced 500, 000 people. The Minister for Africa…
