More Than Plastic, Copper, and Glass Fibre? Undersea Cables and Promises of Connection between North Africa and the EU

The EU is promoting large-scale cables to North Africa that promise local development and geoeconomic alignment. Philipp Wagner and Etienne Höra argue that these promises are not self-evident: Fulfilling them requires analyses of political and economic corollaries to avoid negative side-effects.

Megatrends Africa is a cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).