Africa and Europe

Interregional Relations in a Complex Global System

AvChristopher C. Nshimbi,Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien European Union in International Affairs

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This book explores complexities in Africa-Europe or Africa-EU relations. It considers how the relations are governed, function and how the increasingly complex and changing global system shapes them. The Ruso-Ukrainian war—in its second decade—has disrupted the global security and political order. The America-China tariff row and possibilities of similar tiffs between the EU and China disrupt international trade and economic landscapes. So too, potential impacts of game changers such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), changing climate and weather patterns, changing demographics, international migration and the consequences of these factors for nation-states’ sovereignty and security. Africa and Europe find themselves in need of ways to relate and simultaneously navigate these complexities, disruptions and impacts, which precipitate great power competition and rivalry between the EU and countries such as the USA and China over Africa. The rivalries create new fault lines in global politics and prompt the question on how they impact Africa-EU relations.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-24
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Union in International Affairs
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032302656

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Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is Director at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) and Full Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He holds the SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region; researches regional integration, migration, borders, the informal economy and governance and; sits in on regional and international technical working groups on trade, labour, migration, water governance, and Africa-EU relations. Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka is a senior researcher in the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) and the SARChI Research Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Part 1: Introduction.- 1: Africa and Europe: Navigating interregional relations in a complex global system.- 2: Conceptual and practical realities of interregional relations in an emerging complex global economy.- Africa-Europe History and Contemporaneous Interregional Implications.- 3: Addressing colonial injustice: A pathway to improved Africa-EU relations.- 4: Decolonising the ‘African solutions to African problems’ philosophy.- 5: Intercontinental Netizenship and SDG 10: Europe-based African Migrants and Their Quest for Homeland Political Inclusion in the Digital Age.- 6: The African continental free trade area: Regarding EU coloniality and paternalismChapter.- 7: Migration and Border Control: The Changing Dynamics of Africa-Europe Relations in the 21st Century.- 8: African-European Historical Encounter: The Case of Spain and Western Sahara.- 9: The Pains and Gains of Equatorial Guinea-Spain Relations in the 21st-Century.- 10: Rethinking Pan-Africanism in the Context of Managing Migration: Examining AU's Response to Migrants' Challenges in Libya and the International Community's Role.- 11: The Future of Zimbabwe-EU/Europe Relations in the 21st Century: Conflict, Compromise and Convergence.- 12: Gated Citizenship: SADC and EU Mobility Governance Impacts on Zimbabwean Women Entrepreneurs• Interregionalism in Action: The EU as Interregional Actor ShowcaseChapter.- 13: Autonomous Sustainability Due Diligence Measures. A challenge for coherence in EU - Africa Relations?- 14: Exogenously-Driven Health Governance: The EU’s role in CARICOM's COVID-19 Pandemic responses.- Conclusion.- 15: Conclusion.