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This book propounds the thesis that it was the dysfunction of globalization and liberalism that prompted the rise of nationalism and populism. Recent developments in global affairs are challenging assumptions and the basis upon which international relations, as a broad field of specialization, and foreign policy analysis, as a sub-field, rests. In a world that is changing in fundamental and irreversible ways, this book intervenes to enable an improved sense of understanding of these developments and what they mean for people-people, state-state, continent-continent, and global relations, moving forward. The author shows anti-globalization and the growth of nationalism and populism have been particularly necessitated by the failures of liberalism and America's abdication from the world. With reference to Brexit, the pandemic, the US 2020 elections and consequent shifts in power, with a focus on their respective impacts on Africa, and Africa-Sino relations particularly, and developing countries, more broadly, this book situates these discussions within a global context. It effectively illustrates the insufficiency of the West's soft power, especially as it is foisted or supposedly imposed on the rest of the world without regard to the demands of cultural relativity. Relevant to postgraduate students, researchers, and policymakers, this is must-read within the fields of international relations and political economy.

"This book is a critical exploration of the war on terror from the prism of armed drones and globalization. It is particularly focused on the United States' use of the drones, and the systemic dysfunctions that globalization has caused to international political economy and national security, creating backlash in which the desirability of globalization is not only increasingly questioned, but the resultant dissension about its desirability appears increasingly militating against the international consensus needed to fight the war on terror. To underline the controversial nature of the "war on terror" and the pragmatic weapon (armed drones) fashioned for its prosecution, some of the elements of this controversy have been interrogated in this book. They include, amongst others, the doubt over whether the war should have been declared in the first place because terrorist attacks hardly meet the United Nations' casus belli – an armed attack. There are critics, as highlighted in this book, who believe that the "war on terror" is not an armed conflict properly so called, and, thus, remains only a "law enforcement issue."The United States and all the states taking part in the war on terror are obligated to observe International Humanitarian Law (IHL). It is within this context of IHL that this book appraises the drone as a weapon of engagement, discussing such issues as "personality" and "signature" strikes as well as the implications of the deployment of spies as drone strikers rather than the Defence Department, the members of the U.S armed forces. This book will be of value to researchers, academics, policymakers, professionals, and students in the fields of security studies, terrorism, the law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, and international politics."--Provided by publisher

Das Buch versteht sich als Handreichung für Journalisten, die als Multiplikatoren für die NEPAD-Gedanken geworben werden sollen. In sieben Beiträgen gibt die Schrift problemorientierte Einführungen in von NEPAD berührten Politikbereiche: Governance, Verschuldungskrise, Sicherheit, privater Sektor, internationaler Handel, Humanressourcen und Entwicklung, die Politik von Konditionalität und das Verhältnis der afrikanischen Länder zu den G8-Ländern. (DÜI-Sbd)

The trajectory of Nigeria/Côte d'Ivoire relations since 1960 / David Aworawo. - Elections as threats to national security: the Côte d'Ivoire experience / Osisioma B. C. Nwolise. - The Nigerian press coverage of the Côte d'Ivoire 2010 presidential election conflict / Abubakar Mu'azu. - The involvement of the African Union and the economic community of West African states in the 2010 election crisis in Côte d'Ivoire / Ogaba Oche. - United Nations military action in Côte d'Ivoire and the post-positivist imperative / Fred Aja Agwu. - Crisis of governance and the governance of crisis: the role of key regional and global institutions in the post-election conflict in Côte d'Ivoire / Akin Iwilade and Charles Ukeje. - Citizenship question in Côte d'Ivoire and its implications for African states / Emmanuel I. Onah. - China's policy on non-interference and the Côte d'Ivoire conflict / Femi Meyungbe-Olufunmilade