Africa and the world : navigating shifting geopolitics / edited by Francis Kornegay Jnr & Philani Mthembu

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kornegay, Francis A., editor.

Mthembu, Philani, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation.

Geopolitics--21st century.

Geopolitics.

Africa--Politics and government--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Foreign relations--21st century.

Africa--Economic policy--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXV, 441 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), [2020]

Summary:

Africa and the World: Navigating Shifting Geopolitics is one of the first books to analyse the global geopolitical landscape from an African perspective, with a view to the opportunities and challenges facing the African continent. Authors in this edited volume argue for the need to re-imagine Africa�s role in the world. As a cradle of humanity, a historical fountain of profound scientific knowledge, an object of colonial conquest and, today, a collective of countries seeking to pool their sovereignties in order to improve the human condition, Africa has a unique opportunity to advance its own interests. Authors re?ect on all these issues; they outline how developments in the global political economy impact on the continent and, inversely, how Africa can develop a strategic perspective that takes into account the dynamics playing out in a fraught global terrain.

Contents:

Africa in the changing global scenario

Island Africa and conceptualising the global strategic landscape

Africa and the Indian Ocean nexus

Atlantic-Pacific equations

Concluding reflections & charting the path ahead.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-6399955-7-8