Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: Major Power Rivalry in Africa

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Leon Neal/Reuters

Speakers

Michelle Gavin

Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Mzukisi Qobo

Head, Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Presider

Paul B. Stares

General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

from Center for Preventive Action, Africa Program, and Managing Global Disorder

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