Africa and the World : Navigating Shifting Geopolitics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Acronyms & -- abbreviations -- SECTION ONE: AFRICA IN THE CHANGING GLOBAL SCENARIO -- Chapter One: Africa and the epicentre: Exploring shifting global political geographies in a changing strategic landscape -- Chapter Two: The multiple determinants of geopolitics and Africa's place in a potent economic, ideological and psychological mix -- Chapter Three: The convergence of history and theoretical paradigms: Reflections on geopolitics shaping the African continent -- Chapter Four: The geo-economics of global trade: Implications for the African continental free trade agreement -- Chapter Five: Russia's New Outreach to Africa: Economic and geostrategic implications -- Chapter Six: China's Belt and Road Initiative: How can Africa advance its strategic priorities? -- SECTION TWO: ISLAND AFRICA AND CONCEPTUALISING THE GLOBAL STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE -- Chapter Seven: Island Africa: Toward a Continental-Maritime Zone of Peace and Cooperation geostrategy? -- Chapter Eight: Can Africa ever achieve continental sovereignty in the Shifting West-to-East Strategic Landscape? The geopolitics of integration and autonomy -- Chapter Nine: The Eurafrican geopolitics of the Mediterranean: Prospects for an interregional AU-EU Permanent Joint Commission -- Chapter Ten: Afro-Latin equations: Revisiting the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic -- SECTION THREE: AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN NEXUS -- Chapter Eleven: Northeast Africa and interregional power dynamics: The Nile-Red Sea- Persian Gulf Nexus -- Chapter Twelve: The plausibility of an Indian Ocean Zone of Peace initiative: An Indian perspective -- Chapter Thirteen: Locating ASEAN as the strategic centre of an emerging Indian Ocean community: Implications for Africa. -- SECTION FOUR: ATLANTIC-PACIFIC EQUATIONS. Chapter Fourteen: The rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, Obrador in Mexico and the future of Latin American regionalism: Prospects for Afro-Latin relations? -- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS & -- CHARTING THE PATH AHEAD -- Chapter Fifteen: Africa's continental integration: A pathway towards strategic autonomy.