New Directions in International Relations and Africa

In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 98, Heft 402, S. 263-267

Abstract

This special issue provides a collection of new interpretations of Africa's international relations. Africa's place in the contemporary international system presents a series of challenges to scholars & practitioners alike. Not only, for example, must we try to understand the impact of changes in the world economic & political landscapes such as the rapid development of China & the growing influence of developing countries in governance projects such as the G20, we must also seek to better understand changes within Africa. A series of transformations form the modern renaissance of Africa arising from the end of apartheid in South Africa to the emergence of new or reinvigorated institutional mechanisms of governance such as the African Union & the Southern African Development Community (SADC), & the democratisation of a number of African states. Vital issues like conflict & peacemaking, aid, health, migration & liberalisation, are given new form in Africa as a result of the continent's engagements with a range of other sub-regional, regional & systemic level actors including states, governmental & non-governmental organisations, multinational business, & civil society groups. Adapted from the source document.