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SUMMARY:Nneka Okechukwu & Tim Zajontz: "Africa’s positioning in a geopoli
 tically fragmented world"
DESCRIPTION:2025 marks the 140th anniversary of the Berlin Conference\, whi
 ch was pivotal in the “Scramble for Africa”. According to some comment
 ators\, the continent is currently experiencing a “new scramble” among
  external actors which compete for geopolitical and geoeconomic influence 
 across Africa.\\r\\nIn this edition of the Freiburger Afrikagespräche\, N
 neka Okechukwu and Tim Zajontz will explore implications of this evolving 
 geostrategic context for African external relations and the continent’s 
 role in global governance. Despite the agency and active geopolitical posi
 tioning of African actors\, the guests discern new and longstanding struct
 ural constraints and reflect on concrete (geo)economic\, political and nor
 mative repercussions of geopolitical contestation across Africa.\\r\\nNnek
 a Okechukwu is an independent researcher and consultant on international 
 and constitutional law\, with a focus on the rule of law\, access to justi
 ce\, and Africa-EU relations.\\r\\nTim Zajontz is Interim Professor in Int
 ernational Relations at the University of Freiburg\, Research Fellow in th
 e Centre for International and Comparative Politics at Stellenbosch Univer
 sity (South Africa) and Research Associate in the Second Cold War Observat
 ory.\\r\\nModeration by Andreas Mehler\, Director of the Africa Centre for
  Transregional Research (ACT) and the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>2025 marks the 140th anniversary of the Berlin Conference\, w
 hich was pivotal in the “Scramble for Africa”. According to some comme
 ntators\, the continent is currently experiencing a “new scramble” amo
 ng external actors which compete for geopolitical and geoeconomic influenc
 e across Africa.</p>\n<p>In this edition of the Freiburger Afrikagespräch
 e\, Nneka Okechukwu and Tim Zajontz will explore implications of this evol
 ving geostrategic context for African external relations and the continent
 ’s role in global governance. Despite the agency and active geopolitical
  positioning of African actors\, the guests discern new and longstanding s
 tructural constraints and reflect on concrete (geo)economic\, political an
 d normative repercussions of geopolitical contestation across Africa.</p>\
 n<p><strong>Nneka Okechukwu</strong>&nbsp\;is an independent researcher an
 d consultant on international and constitutional law\, with a focus on the
  rule of law\, access to justice\, and Africa-EU relations.</p>\n<p><stron
 g>Tim Zajontz</strong> is Interim Professor in International Relations at 
 the University of Freiburg\, Research Fellow in the Centre for Internation
 al and Comparative Politics at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and 
 Research Associate in the Second Cold War Observatory.</p>\n<p>Moderation 
 by<strong> Andreas Mehler</strong>\, Director of the Africa Centre for Tra
 nsregional Research (ACT) and the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute.</p>
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