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May 2023 Events
May 30th, 2023 • 11:00ET
June 2023 Events
June 1st, 2023 • 09:30ET
June 7th, 2023 • 09:30ET
There was a time when Senegal was in the American camp. And then it was not. A first hand account of America's loss of influence to China in Africa.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Professor Mark Deets of Cairo University was a serving officer in the United States Navy before entering academia. His unusually powerful on the ground experience includes a first hand account of China replaced America in Senegal. He has a PhD from Cornell University. Served as a Foreign Service Officer in Senegal; U.S. Defense & Marine Attache to Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde at the U.S. Embassy in Senegal.
As a US Navy pilot he flew Marine One--the U.S. President's helicopter. And now teaches at Cairo University. He has written widely on African history and the African Nationalist experience.
June 13th, 2023 • 10:00ET
How is U.S. policy for China performing in the real world, to help America navigate these troubled geopolitical times. China seems to be moving into the cockpit to dominate geopolitics in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. And, in India, American objectives of adding India to America's anti-China alliance seem to be imploding before they have even started. Where are U.S. strategists going wrong?