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This is the second edition of the Yearbook on the African Union (YBAU). The YBAU is first and foremost an academic project that provides an in-depth evaluation and analysis of the institution, its processes, and its engagements. Despite the increased agency in recent years of the African Union in general, and the AU Commission in particular, little is known – outside expert policy or niche academic circles – about the Union's activities. This is the gap the Yearbook on the African Union wants to systematically address. It seeks to be a reference point for in-depth research, evidence-based policy-making and decision-making. Contributors are Kwesi Aning, Emmanuel Balogun, Habibu Yaya Bappah, Enrico Behne, Bruce Byiers, Annie Barbara Hazviyemurwi Chikwanha, Dawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu, Katharina P.W. Döring, Jens Herpolsheimer, Hans Hoebeke, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, Edefe Ojomo, Awino Okech, Onesphore Sematumba, Tim Zajontz

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Figure -- Tables -- Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 1 Why a Yearbook on the African Union? -- 2 The Yearbook's Approach -- 3 Features of the Yearbook -- 4 Structure of the 2020 Yearbook -- References -- Sources -- Literature -- Part 1. The Year-in-Review -- 2. The Annual Interview: The Covid-19 Pandemic -- Editorial Note -- Interview with Dr John N. Nkengasong -- References -- Sources -- Literature -- Websites -- 3. The State of the Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Union's Finances -- 2.1 Developing a Reform Path -- 2.2 Scale of Assessment -- 2.3 Budget for FY 2020 -- 3 Institutional Reform -- 3.1 From 'Dysfunctionality' to Delivery? -- 3.2 Reform of the AU Commission -- 3.3 Adjusting AU-RECs Relations -- 4 Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? -- References -- Sources -- Literature -- Websites -- 4. South Africa's Chairmanship of the African Union -- 1 South Africa's Priorities for Its AU Chairmanship -- 2 South Africa's Role in the Continental Response to Covid-19 -- 3 Driving the Covid-19 Response -- 3.1 Mobilising the African Union -- 3.2 Advocating Africa's Concerns on Other Platforms -- 4 What Had to Be Sidelined? -- References -- Sources -- Literature -- Websites -- Part 2. African Union Policy Fields -- 5. Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 New Partnership for Africa's Development -- 3 African Peer Review Mechanism -- 4 African Union Development Agency-NEPAD -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Sources -- Literature -- Websites -- 6. Education, Science, and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Facts and Figures about EST in Africa -- 3 AU Coordination of EST Policies -- 4 EST Policy Initiatives -- 4.1 Continental Education Strategy for Africa (2016-2025), CESA 16-25 -- 4.2 Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA 2024).

Regions have been widely expressed in the sovereignty strategies of concrete actors since the early 19th century; Since the end of the Cold War, they seem to be a favored response to current globalization processes, especially in the Global South. This volume introduces the fragmented knowledge of different disciplines on the topic of regions and regionalization projects. - Regionen haben in den Souveränitätsstrategien konkreter Akteure bereits seit dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert vielfältigen Ausdruck gefunden; seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges scheinen sie eine bevorzugte Reaktion auf aktuelle Globalisierungsprozesse darzustellen – vor allem im Globalen Süden. Dieser Band führt in die fragmentierten Wissensbestände unterschiedlicher Disziplinen zum Thema Regionen und Regionalisierungsprojekte ein.

This edited volume approaches regionalism as one potential pattern in a changing global order. Since the end of the Cold War, different forms of territorialization have emerged and we are confronted with an increasing number and variety of actors that are establishing regional projects. This volume offers an innovative contribution to the study of this new complexity by exploring constellations of regional actors, spatial scales and imaginations beyond state-centred perspectives as well as on multiple, often overlapping levels. The chapters analyse the emergence, trajectories and outcomes of regionalisms from the perspective of the Global South, specifically concentrating on regional projects in Latin America and Africa, but also in the Asia-Pacific. They attempt to identify the specific conditions and junctures of different forms of region-making in their external (global) and internal (local/national) dimensions. The volume also places special emphasis on interactions, spatial entanglements and comparisons between regionalisms in different parts of the world. By expanding beyond the perspective of North-South transfers, this book seeks to better understand the dynamics and diversity of interregional interactions.