Chris Alden Libri

Nowhere in the world is China's rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, China's economic and political reach is redefining Africa's traditional ties with the international community. This book investigates the emerging relationship between China and Africa to determine whether this engagement will be that of a development partner, economic competitor or new hegemon. Alden argues that in order to understand Chinese involvement on the continent, we need to recognize the range of economic, diplomatic and security rationales behind Beijing's Africa policy as well as the response of African elites to China's entreaties. Only then can the new challenges and opportunities for Africa and the West be accurately assessed.

This book critically investigates the expanding involvement of a leading emerging power, Brazil, in one of Africa's fastest growing economies, Mozambique. It focuses on the dynamics of Brazilian development assistance, its flagship engagement in Mozambique's agricultural and resource sector and the burgeoning social ties that bind them together. With elites in Brazil and Mozambique celebrating the strengths of South-South Cooperation, there is an emerging belief that the two countries are on the path to forging a new development partnership. However, despite these official discourses, there is growing evidence that the conduct of Brazilian firms and the policies promoted by Brazilian development assistance projects are generating negative fallout within local communities and among local environmental activists. Indeed, the complexities of Brazil's economic diplomacy and its private commercial interests, coupled with the involvement of everyone from Brazilian NGOs operating in the health sector to missionaries evangelising in rural towns in Mozambique, seem to affirm the unique characteristics of this growing relationship and the problems that it is facing in becoming truly sustainable.

Focusing on the reconstruction of a war-torn African nation, this study examines the international community's influence in shaping a new state following conflict and socialism. It explores the sustainability of the post-conflict state, considering the complex legacies of war, socialism, and various interventions that have impacted the weakened Mozambican society. The book delves into the challenges faced in building a resilient future amidst these historical and social ramifications.

Illustrated throughout with case studies and helpful learning aids, this book introduces students to the range of approaches to the study of foreign policy analysis (FPA) that have developed over the last six decades, exposes them to the critiques of these established outlooks, and familiarises them with new outlooks on FPA.

A comprehensive overview of China's growing involvement in Latin America, a relationship which is set to transform both the region and the global economy.