The Chinese expansion strategies in the horn of Africa in the light of the American presence in the region

Abstract

This research paper aims to review the strategies of Chinese expansion in East Africa, specifically in the Horn of Africa, by highlighting the most important policies that China pursues to control energy resources in the region, based on flexible diplomacy based on the principle of using economic power, as well as using logic The military power of expansion in the region, In the context of monitoring strategies for the positioning of the major powers in East Africa after the end of the Cold War, as the United States of America emerges as a superpower toinfluend in the Horn of Africa, in the context of an environment of international competition for energy resources, according to the logic of domination and control of the region.