"Triangle" China – USA – Russia and Africa

Abstract

The growing interest of the United States, China and the Russian Federation in Africa in the recent years seems completely understandable. The natural resources of the Black continent, the high rates of economic growth of a number of African countries - all this cannot but attract the attention of Moscow, Beijing and Washington. The leaders of the three great Powers reasonably believe that the place and the role of theirs countries in the international arena will largely be determined by the ability to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with the leading regions of the planet, including the African continent. Currently, Russia's influence in Africa is significantly inferior to the American and Chinese presence on the continent, but in recent years Moscow has been making considerable efforts to restore its positions there, which it had during the Cold War.