Handbook of Africa's International Relations

Africa's international relations have often been defined and oriented by the dominant international and geopolitical agendas of the day. This new volume in the Routledge International Handbooks series examines the impact of globalization and contemporary international political changes, including the development of the African Union, on Africa's international relations. This timely book will engage with and analyse a wide range of issues, with chapters written by experts on a variety of themes.

Auteur

Tim Murithi is a Research Fellow with the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town and the Head of the Justice and Reconciliation in Africa Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, South Africa. He is author of The African Union: Pan-Africanism, Peacebuilding and Development published by Ashgate, and The Ethics of Peacebuilding published by Edinburgh University Press.

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Proposed Contents:

Introduction

1. The Evolution of Africa's International Relations

Part 1 Theories and Historical Evolution

2. Pan-Africanism and the International System

3. Africa's Continental and Regional Integration

4. The Impact of Globalisation on Africa

Part 2 Institutional Developments

5. The African Union and its International Role

6. The African Peace and Security Architecture

7. The AU New Partnership for Africa's Development

8. Africa's Regional Economic Communities: Building Blocks for Continental Integration?

Part 3 Issues and Policy Areas

9. The AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

10. The AU Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy Framework

11. The AU Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality

12. The AU and the Treaty of Pelindaba: Is Africa a Nuclear-free Zone?

13. Africa and International Trade Policy: Contesting the World Trade Organisation

and Economic Partnership Agreements

14. The US African Growth and Opportunity Act: The Challenges of Implementation

Part 4 The Global Governance and Africa

15. African Diplomacy at the United Nations: The Challenge of Security Council

Reform

16. Africa's Contribution to International Peace Operations: Situating the

Responsibility to Protect

17. Africa and the International Criminal Court

18. Africa, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

19. Africa and the International Climate Change Debate

20. Africa and the Global Trade in Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons

21. Africa and the UN Peacebuilding Commission

22. Africa and the UN Ten-Year Capacity Building Programme

23. Africa and the Bretton Woods Institutions: The World Bank and the International

Monetary Fund

24. Africa and Official Development Assistance

25. Africa and Foreign Direct Investment

26. Africa and Terrorism

27. Africa and Trans-national Organized Crime

28. Africa and Private Military Companies

Part 5 Africa and International Partnerships

30. Africa and the European Union: An Assessment of the EU-Africa Joint Strategy

31. Africa and China

32. Africa and the US AFRICOM

33. Africa and India 34. Africa and Japan: TICAD and Beyond

34. Africa and Latin America

Conclusion