Over the centuries, the world has seen fierce power competition even post thawing of the cold war. Our nation’s main commercial partner is China, with $14.1 billion in trade in 2025. America’s 2025 National Security Strategy has elevated Africa from a peripheral role in its grand strategy to a vital battleground for global contestation and an important partner in economic resilience. Both Washington and Beijing want Accra’s cooperation to make concessions. The question is whether we have a strategy coherent enough to extract them.