
America’s Downsized Relationship With Africa Is About to Go Totally Adrift
Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis will return next week with her weekly Thursday column.
Since the end of the Cold War, American relations with Africa have been characterized by a single, powerful trend: disengagement. Its direction has been so constant that it is tempting to think of it as a fixed given, but that would be a mistake. In reality, over the past three decades, this troubling trend has only accelerated. ...