%0 Journal Article %K strategic competition %K democratic backsliding %K Russia's influence %K Africa %K Wagner Group %K Organized crime %B Connections: The Quarterly Journal %D 2024 %N 4 %P 63-74 %R https://doi.org/10.11610/Connections.23.4.04 %T Strategic Competition in Africa and Democratic Backsliding in the Central African Republic %V 23 %8 2024 %& 63