Priorities of Cooperation of Leading International Actors With East African States at the Present Stage (on the Example of Kenya and Tanzania)

The article examines the priorities of cooperation between leading international actors and Kenya and Tanzania at the present stage. Kenya and Tanzania are considered as key countries in East Africa. Attention is paid to studying the specifics of interaction between leading international actors and Kenya in the energy, transport and logistics and digital spheres, as well as with Tanzania in the transport and logistics, energy and resource spheres. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that a multilateral system of economic partnerships between leading international actors and Kenya and Tanzania is developing at the present stage. Western countries play an important role in these partnerships. At the same time, leading non-Western countries are consistently increasing cooperation with the East African states under study, including within the framework of «flexible» international partnerships. Through international cooperation, Kenya and Tanzania seek to protect their national economic interests and promote regional integration in East Africa.