This book probes key issues pertaining to Africas relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africas 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 Africas drive to improve the capacity of its state of global affairs, and assess whether it is in fact able to do so.
1. Introduction: Inspirations and Hesitations in Africas Relations with External Actors
Charles Mutasa
Part I: Bilateral Relations: Traditional Powers
2. Africa and the United Stater: A History of Malign Neglect
Adekeye Adebajo
3. Africa and Russia: The Pursuit of Strengthened Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
Rosaline Daniel and Vladimir Shubin
4. Africa and China: Winding Into A Community Of Common Destiny
Liu Haifang
5. France and Africa
Douglas A. Yates
6. To Brexit and Beyond: Africa and the United Kingdom
Alex Vines
7. Africa and Portugal
Clara Carvalho
Part II: Bilateral Relations: Non-Traditional Power