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Attempts to create a more inclusive discipline and profession have been commended by many and derided by some. While these attempts have pushed for change, particularly with regards to more equal representation of gender and race among faculty, policies aimed at creating a more inclusive environment are often tokenistic, administrative and bureaucratic, and fail to address structural and institutional practices and norms. Moreover, the administrative and bureaucratic policies put into place are generally targeted at a single categorical group, failing to take into account the manner in which identities are intersecting and overlapping. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion often gets driven by Human Resources and Marketing rather than owned by the wider university. This forum draws from a variety of contributions that focus on describing the lived realities of institutional racism, its intersections with other forms of discrimination, and strategies for change. In putting together this forum, we do not aim to create a checklist of practical steps. Instead, we hope to signpost and make visible the successes and failures of previous challenges and future possibilities that must be taken by both faculty and administrations.

Attempts to create a more inclusive discipline and profession have been commended by many and derided by some. While these attempts have pushed for change, particularly with regards to more equal representation of gender and race among faculty, policies aimed at creating a more inclusive environment are often tokenistic, administrative and bureaucratic, and fail to address structural and institutional practices and norms. Moreover, the administrative and bureaucratic policies put into place are generally targeted at a single categorical group, failing to take into account the manner in which identities are intersecting and overlapping. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion often gets driven by Human Resources and Marketing rather than owned by the wider university. This forum draws from a variety of contributions that focus on describing the lived realities of institutional racism, its intersections with other forms of discrimination, and strategies for change. In putting together this forum, we do not aim to create a checklist of practical steps. Instead, we hope to signpost and make visible the successes and failures of previous challenges and future possibilities that must be taken by both faculty and administrations.

The result of the United Kingdom's referendum on leaving the EU, which was held on 23 June 2016, has profound geopolitical, economic, and social implications
for Africa. This is all the more the case given the bilateral UK–Africa relationship and interregional Africa–EU relations. In economic terms, those African countries that rely most on trade with the UK - Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, and Kenya - will suffer in the event of a recession
in the UK. They will also feel the uncertainty that comes with renegotiating economic partnerships, which could take years. A recession in the UK would also call into question the country's ability to fulfil
its aid and development commitments. Initial evidence suggests that the new
government's focus will be more on strengthening trade relations than helping those most in need. African states will lose an important advocate within the EU, creating a climate of uncertainty around economic relations. In the past, the UK has advocated for
the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, even though it has failed to secure substantive changes. The withdrawal of the UK from the EU Common Security and Defence Policy will have implications for the EU's security practices in Africa. It will affect the financial
contributions to EU-led support for the African Peace and Security architecture, and thus donors' ability to maintain much needed support in this area. Brexit challenges the European integration project and the EU's credibility in promoting regional integration. However, it also presents learning opportunities
for the process and pace of regional integration in Africa.
Policy Implications: The results of Brexit and its immediate aftermath, particularly the cabinet of the new British prime minister Theresa May, are not inspiring for African perceptions
of the UK. While the new British government will focus on securing
short-term economic benefits, African countries will increasingly turn towards other funding and trading partners such as China, Brazil, or India. The remaining European countries will need to counter Britain's exit from the European Union by increasing their engagement in trade, development, and security
policies in Africa.
A recession in the UK would also call into question the country's ability to fulfil its aid and development commitments. Initial evidence suggests that the new government's focus will be more on strengthening trade relations than helping those most in need.

African states will lose an important advocate within the EU, creating a climate of uncertainty around economic relations. In the past, the UK has advocated for the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, even though it has failed to secure substantive changes.

The withdrawal of the UK from the EU Common Security and Defence Policy will have implications for the EU's security practices in Africa. It will affect the financial contributions to EU-led support for the African Peace and Security architecture, and thus donors' ability to maintain much needed support in this area.

Brexit challenges the European integration project and the EU's credibility in promoting regional integration. However, it also presents learning opportunities for the process and pace of regional integration in Africa.

Policy Implications

The results of Brexit and its immediate aftermath, particularly the cabinet of the new British prime minister Theresa May, are not inspiring for African perceptions of the UK. While the new British government will focus on securing short-term economic benefits, African countries will increasingly turn towards other funding and trading partners such as China, Brazil, or India. The remaining European countries will need to counter Britain's exit from the European Union by increasing their engagement in trade, development, and security policies in Africa.

I. Introduction . - 1. Maurizio Carbone, EU-Africa relations in the twenty-first century: evolution and explanations 3. - II. Actors and contexts. - 2. Fredrik Söderbaum, The European Union as an actor in Africa: internal coherence and external legitimacy 25. - 3. Gorm Rye Olsen, The EU's Africa policy between the US and China: interests, altruism, and cooperation 43. - 4. Richard G. Whitman and Toni Haastrup, Locating the EU's strategic behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: an emerging strategic culture? 57. - 5. Ian Taylor, Africa's place in international relations: domestic politics, global linkages 77. - 6. Mary Farrell, African regionalism: external influences and continental shaping forces 98 . - III. Policies and partnerships. - 7. Maurizio Carbone, Foreign aid, coordination, and ownership in EU-Africa relations 121. - 8. Gordon Crawford, EU human rights and democracy promotion in Africa: normative power or realist interests? 142. - 9. Christopher Stevens, Economic Partnership Agreements and Africa: losing friends and failing to influence 165. - 10. Alan Matthews, Unfulfilled expectations? The EU's agricultural and fisheries policies and Africa 189. - 11. Amelia Hadfield, Out of Africa: the energy-development nexus 209. - 12. Simon Lightfoot, Climate change and the EU-Africa Strategy: coherence, leadership, and the 'greening' of development 238. - 13. Tine Van Criekinge, The EU-Africa migration partnership: the limits of the EU's external dimension of migration in Africa 258. - 14. Jan Orbie, Work in progress: the social dimension of EU-Africa relations 283. - IV. Conclusion. - 15. Michael Smith, European policies, African impact and international order: (re)evaluating the EU-Africa relationship 307

What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy deliberations. Today the Women, Peace and Security agenda is a complex field, relevant to every conceivable dimension of war and peace. This groundbreaking book engages vexed and vexing questions about the future of the agenda, from the legacies of coloniality to the prospects of international law, and from the implications of the global arms trade to the impact of climate change. It balances analysis of emerging trends with specially commissioned reflections from those at the forefront of policy and practice