Most analysts tend to focus on events like AfriForum and Solidarity lobbying for US intervention or Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ill-fated visit to Washington. However, an ugly and unprecedented confrontation in the Oval Office hammered home how a transactional approach to diplomacy, providing aid and cooperation only if the recipient pays, could impact the United… Continue reading Nowhereism and Zelensky’s Hefty Bill: What Does Trump’s User-Pay Diplomatic and Development Cooperation Mean for Africa?