Xi Jinping's 'Global Security Initiative' got a test run at last week's Horn of Africa conference.
Xue Bing, China Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (left) and Redwan Hussein (right), National security advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia at the first Horn of Africa peace conference in Ethiopia, June 20, 2022. Credit: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images
China’s desire to imprint its own brand of diplomacy on global affairs has undergone a major test this week, in one of the world’s least stable regions, the Horn of Africa — exposing some of the contradictions to its approach in the process.
Held over two days beginning last Monday in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, the first ever China-Horn of Africa peace conference followed months of shuttle diplomacy from China’s special envoy, Xue Bing, resulting in seven of the eight often mut
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