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Zambia’s Shifting perceptions of China, the Chinese and Zambia-China Relations: From the state to the subnational
The project identifies three main epochs that demonstrate Zambia’s shifting perceptions of China the state, Chinese individuals and Zambia-China relations - from an era of intersecting solidarity to economic and political necessity.
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STIAS Series Volume 19: Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa: A Comparative Perspective
Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa: A Comparative Perspective Andreas Freytag, Abena D. Oduro AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2025 ) ISBN 97...
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World of the Right
Abrahamsen, R., Drolet, J.-F., Williams, M. C., Vucetic, S., Narita, K., & Gheciu, A. 2024. World of the Right. Cambridge University Pre...
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Israel’s Forgotten Invasion: An International History of the 1982 Lebanon War
Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon was a formative moment in Middle Eastern and international history, reshaping Israeli and Lebanese politics, society, and culture; the fate of Palestinian self-determination; diaspora Jewish attachments to Zionism; and Western policy across the Arab world.
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The Anthropocene, the Climate Emergency and International Relations: Brazil and South Africa in a Changing World Order
The main objective of this project is the finalization of a monograph analysing the linkages between the anthropocene, climate change and International Relations.
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Africa’s New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations
Edozie, Rita Kiki and Moses Khisa. 2022. Africa’s New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations. Lynne Rienner Publishers. htt...
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African Peacekeeping
Fisher, Jonathan, and Nina Wilén. 2022. African Peacekeeping. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108582179
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The Rise and Fall of the Aid Effectiveness Norm
Brown, Stephen. 2020. The Rise and Fall of the Aid Effectiveness Norm. The European Journal of Development Research, 32(4), 1230–1248. https...
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Disclosing New Political Forms: Symposium on Adom Getachew, Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Kevin Olson, Minkah Makalani, Sundhya Pahuja and Adom Getachew. 2020. Disclosing New Political Forms: Symposium on Adom Getachew, Worldmakin...
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A Samaritan State?, Canadian Foreign Aid, and the Challenges of Policy Coherence for Development
Brown, Stephen. 2019. “A Samaritan State?, Canadian Foreign Aid, and the Challenges of Policy Coherence for Development”. In Greg Donaghy &a...
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Citizenship, International Justice, and the View from the South
The project is based primarily on a book manuscript under contract with Routledge Press: Citizenship in a Globalized World.
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Is Somaliland a Country? The Status of Institutional Objects in the Social Sciences
Somaliland is a democratically governed, autonomous region that defends its borders and issues currency in its own name.
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The UN and its Discontents
The project aims to explore little-studied dynamics among and behaviour of UN member states and staff members that constrain the organization, and render it resistant to meaningful reform and vulnerable to achieving sub-optimal results, against two possible overall hypotheses:Hypothesis 1: The UN’s underperformance is rooted in structural tensions: a) between sovereignty-based principles and between expectations that the Secretary-General needs a degree of policy autonomy; b) between a UN that relies on member states for funding and backing and a UN that is tasked to uphold set of universal human rights norms; and c) tensions over the nature of UN legitimacy.
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War by Agreement: A Reflection on the Nature of Just War
Okeja, Uchena. 2019. War by Agreement: A Reflection on the Nature of Just War. Journal of Military Ethics, 18(3), 189–203. https://doi.org/1...
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The Finances of Regional Organisations in the Global South: Follow the Money
Engel, Ulf and Frank Mattheis. (Eds.). 2019. The Finances of Regional Organisations in the Global South: Follow the Money (1st ed.). Routled...
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Aid donors, democracy and the developmental state in Ethiopia
Brown, Stephen and Jonathan Fisher. 2019. Aid donors, democracy and the developmental state in Ethiopia. Democratization, 27(2), 185–203. ht...
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Journalism on Darfur between Social Fields: Global and National Forces
Savelsberg, Joachim J. 2019. Journalism on Darfur between Social Fields: Global and National Forces. In A. Thompson (Ed.), Media and Mass At...
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African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
Ulf Engel, Manuel Joao Ramos. 2013. African Dynamics in a Multipolar World. Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, 11, 1-12.
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The Modern Practice of Intervention by Invitation in Africa and Its Implications for the Prohibition of the Use of Force
De Wet, Erika. 2015. The Modern Practice of Intervention by Invitation in Africa and Its Implications for the Prohibition of the Use of Forc...
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South Africa and Japan: Maintaining a Difficult Friendship
Cornelissen, Scarlett. 2016. South Africa and Japan: Maintaining a Difficult Friendship. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 54(2):186–202. ...
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Foreign Aid and National Ownership in Mali and Ghana
Brown, Stephen. 2017. Foreign Aid and National Ownership in Mali and Ghana. Forum for Development Studies, 44(3), 335–356. https://doi.org/1...
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Will the North’s secessionist winds blow South? The past, present, and future of self-determination and border change in Africa
Erk, Jan. 2018. Will the North’s secessionist winds blow South? The past, present, and future of self-determination and border change in Afr...
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Viel Feind, viel Ehr
Bachmann, Klaus. 2018. Viel Feind, viel Ehr. Osteuropa, 68(3–5), 413–434. https://www.zeitschrift-osteuropa.de/hefte/2018/3-5/viel-feind-vie...
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Comparative regionalism: The political economy of regional security organizations
After the end of the Cold War a respacing of international politics has begun – a new world order is emerging that is increasingly described as multipolar.
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Promoting peace, security and development in Africa: challenges, and constraints to South Africa’s African Agenda
The purpose of this research project is to (further) explore aspects of South Africa’s African policy over the past two decades, specifically within the frameworks of its African Agenda and its white paper on foreign policy, The Diplomacy of Ubuntu.
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The modern practice of intervention by invitation and its implications for the prohibition of the use of force
The research examines how the criteria for permissible military intervention by invitation as developed in international law doctrine are currently implemented by States, as well as how this impacts the prohibition of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of States.
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South Africa in the Region. Gateway or Gatekeeper?
The main purpose of this project is to analyse South Africa’s Foreign Policy towards its own region and towards Latin America (Brazil and Argentina) on a comparative basis and to discuss its role as a regional-middle-emerging power: Leadership?
