Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

← Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters3. Sept. · 25 Min.

Zambia's Fraught Election and the Global Race for Copper

Zambia's Fraught Election and the Global Race for Copper3. Sept.25 Min.

Zambia's election is raising fresh questions about the country's democratic trajectory — even as its vast copper reserves make it increasingly important to the global economy and to strategic competition between the United States and China. In this episode, Zaynab Hoosen of Pangea Risk explains the political tensions surrounding the election, Zambia's economic outlook, and why the global race for copper is putting the country in the geopolitical spotlight.