Volume 36, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 347–360
Arnold Musao Kalombo1
1 Assistant, University of Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: English
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In order to support its economic growth, China has turned to Africa, particularly to the DR Congo, the pre-square of the Western powers. Its breakthrough in the DR Congo has, in recent years, made this country a terrain of geopolitical, geostrategic and even geo-economic confrontation or rivalry between China and the DR Congo's Western partners including USA.This article examines the impact of these rivalries on the sustainable development of the DR Congo. At the end of the analysis, the author estimated that in order to avoid or reduce conflicts between actors and enable the DR Congo to benefit from its strategic resources, the Congolese state must use strategic diplomacy, which consists of encouraging the « concerted and balanced exploitation » of strategic natural resources by the various actors in confrontation. This will enable the Congolese state to adopt a centrist position and banish any idea of a bloc and to involve all actors in the development of the DR Congo.
Author Keywords: strategic natural resources, DR Congo, confrontation, actors.
Arnold Musao Kalombo1
1 Assistant, University of Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In order to support its economic growth, China has turned to Africa, particularly to the DR Congo, the pre-square of the Western powers. Its breakthrough in the DR Congo has, in recent years, made this country a terrain of geopolitical, geostrategic and even geo-economic confrontation or rivalry between China and the DR Congo's Western partners including USA.This article examines the impact of these rivalries on the sustainable development of the DR Congo. At the end of the analysis, the author estimated that in order to avoid or reduce conflicts between actors and enable the DR Congo to benefit from its strategic resources, the Congolese state must use strategic diplomacy, which consists of encouraging the « concerted and balanced exploitation » of strategic natural resources by the various actors in confrontation. This will enable the Congolese state to adopt a centrist position and banish any idea of a bloc and to involve all actors in the development of the DR Congo.
Author Keywords: strategic natural resources, DR Congo, confrontation, actors.
How to Cite this Article
Arnold Musao Kalombo, “Strategic Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in DR Congo: Perspectives on Interests and Confrontation between Actors,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 347–360, May 2022.
