Africa: Can Trump's Prosper Africa Make America Greater than China and Other Partners in Africa?

[Brookings] Washington, DC -Fourteen months ago, John Bolton--then national security adviser--rolled out the Trump Africa policy. In Bolton's view, which still guides the administration's approach toward the region, the top priority for the U.S. in Africa is the "great power" competition. As he put it, China and Russia are "deliberately and aggressively targeting their investments in the region to gain a competitive advantage over the United States."