Musiime George

Musiime George

Musiime George is a research fellow at the Development Watch Centre. He is also a contributor at Sino-Uganda Research Centre.

27 articles Joined February 2025
Foreign Policy Analysis

Trump’s Economic McVeighism: Another Gamble with the Global Economy

This month opened in typical Trump-fashion, with Washington imposing blanket tariffs on imports to the US. Following the announcement, markets from New York through Shanghai witnessed severe shockwaves.  Subsequently, the internet was awash with Trump supporters celebrating the effect particularly on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets; praising Trump’s ingenuity. However, a week later, […]

Musiime George  •  May 5, 2025  •  7 min read
Development Assistance

Prioritising Education as A Strategic Blueprint for National Economic Transformation

An August 2024 collaborative policy review by the Pan African Coalition for Transformation and the Economic Policy Review Center made several recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of the revised Lower Secondary Curriculum. Among other things, the paper recommended continuous teacher training, all-round stakeholder engagement and publisher regulation to ensure learning materials stay in tune with […]

Musiime George  •  Mar 14, 2025  •  6 min read
Diplomacy

Policy Volte-Face In Washington as The U.S Validates China’s Position on the Ukraine Conflict

The principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, common development and political settlement of conflicts have always been a hallmark feature of Chinese diplomacy. For China, this position meant more than just rhetoric; extending  into policy implementation with the principles built into all of China’s partnerships. China resolutely chose to uphold these principles when it declared […]

Musiime George  •  Feb 25, 2025  •  6 min read
Foreign Policy Analysis

China’s The Global Security Initiative: A fresh hope for global peace and security

At the height of the conflict in the Middle East and looking back, one cannot help but wonder what we missed. Considering the level of destruction; of human life and sustenance shines the spotlight on missed opportunities: opportunities to avoid the kind of escalation we see in the region today. Moreover, this situation might give […]

Musiime George  •  Nov 19, 2024  •  5 min read
Diplomacy

9th FOCAC summit: A Further Demonstration of China’s commitment to Shared prosperity

This year’s Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FoCAC) summit in Beijing further underscored China’s commitment to shared prosperity. This message  was driven home through the keynote address of president Xi Jinping at the opening of the FoCAC summit earlier this month. In his speech, president Xi emphasised multiple  key areas for China-Africa cooperation over the […]

Musiime George  •  Sep 25, 2024  •  5 min read
Diplomacy

The other side of China Africa Friendship: Stories from the 8th China-Africa Youth Festival

As an African with an interest in China Africa Cooperation, many times I come across information that seeks to discredit and undermine China-Africa friendship. Indeed it is very easy for someone living in Africa to believe that the concept of China-Africa friendship is a smokescreen covering an ulterior motive. More so, as a Ugandan and […]

Musiime George  •  Jun 15, 2024  •  6 min read
Foreign Policy Analysis

China-Africa Cultural Exchanges Inspiring the Next Generation Leaders: Chronicling the 2024 China-Africa Youth Festival

More than 60 youth representatives from Africa have been immersed into the culture and history of China as a part of the China-Africa youth festival that kicked off in Beijing on the 20th May with the opening ceremony in the Chinese capital Beijing. The 2024 China-Africa youth festival was organized with the collaboration between  the China […]

Musiime George  •  Jun 7, 2024  •  4 min read
Development Assistance

What Africa really needs from Development Aid is Socio-economic Transformation

April 28-29 coincided with the 2024 International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Heads of States summit held in Nairobi Kenya and similar to the ones before, this year’s summit happened at a time when the continent was still struggling. Struggling to address challenges arising from infrastructure deficiencies,  funding gaps, security threats and threats from climate […]

Musiime George  •  May 22, 2024  •  6 min read
Belt and Road Initiative

China-Uganda Energy Cooperation through the eyes of the ordinary citizen

Like many post independence African states, Uganda was struggling to free itself from the chokeholds of infrastructure-gaps, low levels of skills and technology as well as the associated high-levels of poverty. Therefore, in a bid to find suitable partnerships in solving many of these problems, Uganda established diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China […]

Musiime George  •  Apr 15, 2024  •  6 min read