The hardcover edition of Marcus A. Sterling’s examination of Congo’s struggle for sovereignty, resource control, and economic transformation is now available.
The Tshisekedi Shift: Dismantling Kagame’s Looting Network and Forging DR Congo’s Great Economic Transition examines a consequential shift underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the effort to break with decades of mineral exploitation, foreign interference, armed predation, and international complacency.
At the center is President Félix Tshisekedi’s increasingly assertive doctrine of sovereignty and a question with implications far beyond Central Africa:
Can one of the world’s most resource-rich nations finally turn its extraordinary mineral wealth into power, development, and prosperity for its own people?
From the networks surrounding the exploitation of eastern Congo to the geopolitical importance of cobalt, copper, and other strategic minerals, The Tshisekedi Shift connects conflict, economics, diplomacy, and global technology supply chains to explain why Congo’s next chapter matters to the world.
The new hardcover edition gives readers, researchers, libraries, institutions, and collectors a durable edition of this timely examination of one of Africa’s most important geopolitical and economic transformations.