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With Vice-President Biden’s election win, there is a real opportunity to re-imagine U.S. policy toward Africa. We've written about how the landscape has changed and how to promote shared political, economic, and security goals. A greatest hits thread 
https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-us-policy-framework-african-century
https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-us-policy-framework-african-century
A combination of demographic, technological, and geostrategic developments is disrupting the region’s political landscape. African leaders, opposition, and publics are adapting and writing a new playbook in the process. https://www.csis.org/analysis/game-has-changed-rethinking-us-role-supporting-elections-sub-saharan-africa
At the same time, Africa’s foreign counterparts are forging closer partnerships with the region because they see new openings for trade and investment, as well as growing threats from terrorism, criminality, epidemics, and irregular migration. https://www.csis.org/analysis/world-coming-sub-saharan-africa-where-united-states
While African leaders and publics are expressing frustrating region’s status in global affairs and the treatment of its citizens in China—and, more recently, the treatment of Black people in the United States in the wake of #COVID19. https://www.csis.org/analysis/seat-table-african-leadership-post-covid-19-world
There is a smarter way to approach U.S. investments and partnerships in this new phase of global competition in Africa. @lawfareblog https://www.lawfareblog.com/havent-we-done-lessons-and-recommendations-strategic-competition-sub-saharan-africa
And rethinking our security partnership and the role of the U.S. military. @LErdberg @lawfareblog https://www.lawfareblog.com/defending-us-military-presence-africa-reasons-beyond-counterterrorism
The United States should confront the legacy of racism at home and aboard. @TravisLAdkins @ForeignPolicy https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/19/american-racism-foreign-policy-impact/
It should identify opportunities to revive its partnerships, including by reviving the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. https://www.csis.org/analysis/art-summitry
And pay attention to the continent's smallest democracies. https://www.csis.org/analysis/strategic-significance-africas-smallest-democracies
It should support the #AfCFTA and ensure the #Kenya FTA is complementary. https://www.csis.org/analysis/high-stakes-us-kenya-trade-agreement
And invest in sectors where there is U.S. comparative advantage, as well as geostrategic implications. @TemidayoOniosun @WarOnTheRocks https://warontherocks.com/2020/06/is-the-united-states-losing-the-african-space-race/
It should keep a close eye on Chinese investments that could undercut U.S. and African interests. https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-risks-chinese-investments-sub-saharan-african-ports
The United States should rebalance its engagement toward Africa's urban areas. @BBGAfrica @toddjmoss https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-25/africa-s-cities-are-about-to-boom-and-maybe-explode
And ensure U.S. universities remain open to African students. @lawfareblog @AubreyHruby https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-13/while-the-u-s-reins-in-student-visas-china-forges-closer-ties-to-africa?sref=D59ibWFx
Finally, U.S. policymakers need to engage African leaders and publics in a dialogue about the state of democracy in the United States. https://www.csis.org/programs/africa-program/africa-reacts
And explain to Americans why African matters to their cities. https://www.csis.org/programs/africa-program/africa-and-us-cities
