Africa in a changing world order : marginal but meaningful? / / Malte Brosig

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910495212003321
• Autore: Brosig Malte
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-75409-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.6
• Soggetti: Diplomatic relations; Africa Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Global Order Debate and Africa -- Mapping the Global Order Debate -- Defining World Order -- The Changing Global Order: Recent Trends -- Living in a De-centralised Global Order -- Africa in a Densely Inter-connected World -- References -- 2 Conceptualising Marginality: Africa's Place in the Global Order -- Thinking About Marginality in Global Order -- Subaltern Realism and Marginality in Global Order -- Conceptualising Options for Subaltern Actors -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The African Security Regime Complex: Innovation in a Decentred Global Order -- Regime Complexity -- African Security in World Affairs: Foreign Military in Africa -- The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) -- Practicing Regime Complexity -- Innovating Global Order -- Expert Interview: Gilbert Khadiagala -- References -- 4 International Criminal Justice as Normative Order: Africa and the ICC -- How the Court Operates -- The African Union's Challenge to the ICC -- The Cases of Sudan and Kenya: Peace vs Justice -- Diplomatic Immunity and Impunity -- Imperial Justice -- Africa, Geopolitics and the ICC -- Concluding Observations: Shaping Normative Orders Africa's Non-marginal Role -- Expert Interview: Navi Pillay -- References -- 5 Economics -- Africa's Position in the Global Economic Order -- Shaping the Global Economic Architecture -- African Agency in Trade Talks -- Western Africa -- Southern Africa -- ; Concluding Observations: Evaluating African Positions in Trade Talks -- Expert Interview: Carlos Lopes -- References -- 6 COVID-19 and Global Order -- The Pandemic Order -- Africa and COVID-19 -- Pandemic Geopolitics: Accelerating Tensions -- Vaccination and Global Order -- Conclusion -- Expert Interview: Richard Mihigo -- References.; 7 Conclusion: Marginal but Meaningful-Analysing Africa's Role in Global Order -- Africa Operating in the Global Order -- References -- Index.