Title Africa and external actors / rapporteurs, Rosaline Daniel and Dawn Nagar

Published Cape Town : Centre for Conflict Resolution, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 54 pages) : illustrations Series Policy advisory group seminar report ; no. 56 Seminar report (University of Cape Town. Centre for Conflict Resolution) ; no. 56 Contents Executive summary -- Introduction -- Africa's key traditional bilateral relations : the United States and Russia -- Africa's key traditional bilateral relations : France and Britain -- Africa's key bilateral relations in Asia : China, India, and Japan -- Africa's key bilateral relations : the Nordics, Europe, and the Islamic world -- Africa's key multilateral relations : the United Nations and the European Union -- The Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa bloc -- Africa, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization -- Policy recommendations Summary "In August 2016, the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, brought together about 30 key scholars, policymakers, and civil society activists to assess bilateral and multilateral relations between Africa's traditional and non-traditional actors in the post-Cold War era. Key issues pertaining to Africa's relations with global actors were discussed under the following three broad themes: bilateral relations with traditional powers: the United States (US), Russia, China, France, and Britain; bilateral relations with non-traditional powers: India; Japan; the Nordics; and Europe and the Arab world; and multilateral relations: the United Nations (UN), the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), the European Union (EU), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This meeting examined Africa's relations with eight key bilateral actors or blocs and six major multilateral actors, assessing progress made in the continent's efforts to increase its leverage in global politics through engagement with key external actors"--Publisher description Notes Report number from resource home page "December 2016." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CCR, viewed August 19, 2016) Subject Diplomatic relations. International economic relations. SUBJECT Africa -- Foreign relations -- Congresses Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- Congresses Subject Africa. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Form Electronic book Author Nagar, Dawn, editor. University of Cape Town. Centre for Conflict Resolution, publisher.

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