Gebundenes Buch

Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations-Vol. II

Beyond Summit Diplomacy: Cooperation with Africa in the Post-pandemic World

Herausgegeben: Vasiliev, Alexey M.; Degterev, Denis A.; Shaw, Timothy M.

Beschreibung

In light of the growing number of African summits and a new awareness of international interdependence during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of Africa's international relations (IR). Leading IR scholars from Africa and around the world examine international cooperation with African countries in areas such as health care, education, and peacekeeping and explore how Africa's role in the system of international relations has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The book is divided into four parts, the first of which explores analyzes the various actors that constitute African agency in the post-pandemic world, while the second focuses on the summits of the major powers regarding cooperation with Africa. The third part covers public health cooperation and regional initiatives in Africa, including issues such as vaccine diplomacy, while the fourth and final part discusses conflicts & political process despite COVID Pandemics.

Autor

Alexey Vasiliev is Honorary President of RAS Institute for African Studies (Russia). Between 2006 and 2011, he was Special Representative of President of Russia for contacts with leaders of African states. Over the five decades of academic work, he has published 40 books and more than 900 articles. Denis Degterev is Head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at RUDN University, Moscow (Russia), and he also teaches at MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia. He published over 200 papers in leading journals. He specializes in development cooperation, Africa, and has written extensively on Global South. In 2002-2005, he worked in West Africa.  Timothy M. Shaw is Faculty Fellow at the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston (USA). Some of his areas of expertise are international political economy, human development and human security, and African and Caribbean regions. He has written and edited more than ten books.   

Produktdetails

• Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-34040-6
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9783031340406
• ISBN-10: 303134040X
• Artikelnr.: 67833187

Rezensionen

This volume is a useful and timely update of the debate on African agency and an important source for anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of the status of cooperation and competition in the international system. (Francis Onditi, Yearbook on the African Union, Issue 4, 2023)