POLICYBRIEFSHAREDFORTUNES:WHYBRITAIN,THEEUROPEANUNION,ANDAFRICANEEDONEANOTHERNicholasWestcottApril2022SUMMARYBritainandAfricaaredeeplyconnectedthroughtheirhistoryandpeopleasmuchasthroughtrade,investment,aid,andculture.Theycanbothbenefitgreatlyfromthisrelationshipespeciallyinareaswheretheirinterestsconverge,includingeconomicdevelopment,security,education,andclimate.Butpoliticalforcesonbothsidescouldpushthemapartevenas,increasingly,BritainneedsAfricamorethanAfricaneedsBritain.TheBritishgovernmentandtheEUneedtounderstandtherelationshipinitsgeostrategiccontexttheinfluenceofChina,Russia,Gulfstates,andothersaffectsAfricancountriesviewsontheirplaceintheworld.Acl...