Cobus van Staden

Cobus van Staden is the managing editor of the China Global South Project and a senior research affiliate at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

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A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016.
A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016.

Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources

Analysis
Cobus van Staden
Chinese naval base in Djibouti
Chinese naval base in Djibouti

Fears of a Chinese Naval Base in West Africa Are Overblown

Argument
Cobus van Staden
People walk past a Huawei store in Beijing on Dec. 10, 2018. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)
People walk past a Huawei store in Beijing on Dec. 10, 2018. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

Is an Iron Curtain Falling Across Tech?

ChinaFile
Adam Segal, Cobus van Staden, Elsa B. Kania, Samm Sacks, Elliott Zaagman
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