"Most analyses of Chinese engagement in Africa focus either on what China gets out of these partnerships or the impacts …-hostile African responses, and (4) whether the United States and China are competing for influence, access, and resources in Africa … continent to address these concerns. China and the United States are not strategic rivals in Africa, but greater American …

Preface -- U.S. trade and investment relationship with sub-Saharan Africa: the African Growth and Opportunity Act … / Vivian C. Jones -- Africa command: U.S. strategic interests and the role of the U.S. military in Africa / Lauren Ploch … -- South Africa: current issues and U.S. relations / Lauren Ploch -- Ghana: background and U.S. relations / Nicolas Cook …