Africa and the World

This 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.

Provides a contemporary assessment of Africa's foreign relations with traditional and non-traditional external actors Brings together both scholars and practitioners from African and non-African backgrounds Tackles challenges of governance, violence, and intra-state conflicts that have required a more united African voice and global governance strategy

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Dawn Nagar is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa.
Charles Mutasa is an independent development policy consultant. He served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the first African Union-Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Bureau, and as vice-president of the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) between 2005 and 2008. He was the former Executive Director of the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD).

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1. Introduction: Inspirations and Hesitations in Africa's Relations with External Actors .- 2. Africa and the United Stater: A History of Malign Neglect .- 3. Africa and Russia: The Pursuit of Strengthened Relations in the Post-Cold War Era .- 4. Africa and China: Winding Into A Community Of Common Destiny .- 5. France and Africa .- 6. To Brexit and Beyond: Africa and the United Kingdom .- 7. Africa and Portugal .- 8. Africa and Italy's Relations After the Cold War .- 9. Brazil-Africa Relations: From Boom to Bust? .- 10. A Renewed Partnership? Contemporary Latin America-Africa Engagement .- 11. Africa and India: Riding the Tail of the Tiger? .- 12. Africa-Japan Relations in the Post-Cold War Era .- 13. Africa and the Nordics .- 14. Africa, the Islamic World, and Europe .- 15. Africa and the Middle East: Shifting Alliances and Strategic Partnerships .- 16. Africa at the United Nations: From Dominance to Weakness .- 17. Africa and the International Criminal Court .- 18. Can the BRICS Re-Open the Gateway to Africa? South Africa's Contradictory Facilitation of Divergent Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese Interests .- 19. Europe-Africa Relations in the Era of Uncertainty .- 20. Africa and the World Trade Organisation .- 21. Sub-Saharan Africa: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund .- 22. Conclusion.