The writing of this book was triggered by dissatisfaction with the way we think and study
regions and regionalism. There are many diverse theories and studies about specific …

From Recipients to Donors examines the emergence, or re-emergence, of a large number of
nations as partners and donors in international development, from global powers such as …

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's
foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and …

The growing involvement of the Chinese state and business in Africa has generated
significant debate about China's Africa strategy and the benefits for Africa's development …

'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign Affairs Not so long
ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned …

The soft power of India, and especially Bollywood, is powerfully illustrated in an encounter
experienced by journalist Bobby Ghosh, former Baghdad bureau chief of Time magazine …

This article analyses the implications and consequences of the rise of BRICS for the
developing world and for global governance. In doing so, it examines BRICS'increasing …

A little over a decade ago Africa was being spoken of in the media as the'lost'or'hopeless'
continent. Now it has some of the fastest growing economies in the world, largely because of …

Based on the intensity and the volume of financial and economic dimensions as it pertains to
the relationship between China and various African countries since the end of the 1990s, the …

Resurgent Asia analyses the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been
difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago, when Gunnar Myrdal published Asian …