China’s Sharp Power in Africa: A Handbook for Building National Resilience

Glenn Tiffert is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He cochairs the Hoover project on China’s Global Sharp Power and works closely with government and civil society partners to document and build resilience against authoritarian interference with democratic institutions. Most recently, he coauthored and edited Global Engagement: Rethinking Risk in the Research Enterprise (2020).

Oliver McPherson-Smith is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Oxford. His research explores the politics of the private sector in Africa and the Middle East. He previously received a master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in land economy from the University of Cambridge.