Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy [Hardcover]

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 .- 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 Italys 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 Africas 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.An edited compilation of thoughts and perspectives on Africas multifaceted interactions with the rest of the world. & Africa and tl"