{"product_id":"africa-and-the-world-bilateral-and-multilateral-international-diplomacy-9783319625898","title":"Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political policies, its economies, and its security. Taken together, the essays in this volume provide a collective understanding of Africa’s drive to improve the capacity of its state of global affairs, and assess whether it is in fact able to do so. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An edited compilation of thoughts and perspectives on Africa’s multifaceted interactions with the rest of the world. … Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy offers credible insights into Africa’s external engagements in a unique and novel way.” (Oluwole Olutola, African Studies Review, Vol. 63 (1), 2020)\u003cbr\u003e“Africa and the World is informative and easy to read. It offers scholars and students significant insights into the policy and strategy frameworks that inform Africa’s engagements with the world, and the push and pull factors that underpin Africa’s bilateral and multilateral relations.” (Sanusha Naidu, South African Journal of International Affairs, February, 2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: Inspirations and Hesitations in Africa’s Relations with External Actors\u003ci\u003e Charles Mutasa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Bilateral Relations: Traditional Powers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Africa and the United Stater: A History of Malign Neglect \u003ci\u003e Adekeye Adebajo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Africa and Russia: The Pursuit of Strengthened Relations in the Post-Cold War Era\u003ci\u003eRosaline Daniel and Vladimir Shubin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Africa and China: Winding Into A Community Of Common Destiny\u003ci\u003eLiu Haifang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. France and Africa\u003ci\u003eDouglas A. Yates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. To Brexit and Beyond: Africa and the United Kingdom\u003ci\u003e Alex Vines \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Africa and Portugal\u003ci\u003eClara Carvalho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Bilateral Relations: Non-Traditional Power\u003c\/b\u003es  8. Africa and Italy’s Relations After the Cold War \u003ci\u003eBernardo Venturi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Brazil-Africa Relations: From Boom to Bust?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdriana Erthal Abdenur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. A Renewed Partnership? Contemporary Latin America-Africa Engagement\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanilo Marcondes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Africa and India: Riding the Tail of the Tiger?\u003ci\u003eKudrat Virk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Africa-Japan Relations in the Post-Cold War Era\u003ci\u003eScarlett Cornelissen and Yoichi Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Africa and the Nordics \u003ci\u003eAnne Hammerstad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Africa, the Islamic World, and Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoel van der Veen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Multilateral Relations \u003c\/b\u003e   15. Africa and the Middle East: Shifting Alliances and Strategic Partnerships\u003ci\u003eHamdy A. Hassan and Hala Thabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Africa at the United Nations: From Dominance to Weakness  \u003ci\u003eJames O.C. Jonah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. Africa and the International Criminal Court\u003ci\u003eDan Kuwali\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Can the BRICS Re-Open the “Gateway to Africa”? South Africa’s Contradictory Facilitation of Divergent Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese Interests \u003ci\u003ePatrick Bond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Europe-Africa Relations in the Era of Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilbert M. Khadiagala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Africa and the World Trade Organisation\u003ci\u003eMariama Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. Sub-Saharan Africa: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL. Adele Jinadu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22. Conclusion\u003ci\u003eDawn Nagar\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49537431339351,"sku":"9783319625898","price":113.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783319625898.jpg?v=1731906912","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/africa-and-the-world-bilateral-and-multilateral-international-diplomacy-9783319625898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}