Journal of International Affairs back issues from March 2009:
Editors' foreword.(Editorial)
Mar 22, 2009 ... More than at any other time since the Cold War, Africa commands the attention of scholars, decisionmakers and the global public alike. The turn of the century has brought with it new strides in economic growth, political development and regional integration, even as the urgency of the ...
Obama and Africa: matching expectations with reality.(Barack Obama)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States has aroused expectations around the world, but nowhere as much as in Africa. Obama inherits a record of achievement on the continent from George W. Bush that will be hard to match, if not exceed. He will also be far more ...
U.S. foreign assistance to Africa: securing America's investment for lasting development.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Since 2001, the United States has dramatically increased its commitment to development in Africa and has transformed the way it is implemented. In the last eight years, U.S. foreign assistance to sub-Saharan Africa managed by the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International ...
Africa: the United States and China court the continent.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The United States and China are the two most important bilateral, external actors in Africa today. While the United States wields more influence in most of Africa's fifty-three countries, China has surpassed it in a number of states and is challenging it in others. Both countries look to ...
Maritime piracy in East Africa.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... More than 200 years ago, just as the United States was developing into a nation, corsair piracy challenged the ability of the country to conduct international trade throughout the Mediterranean Sea. While the Barbary threat was defeated, piracy continues to thrive and has become a feature ...
African solutions to an international problem: arms control and disarmament in Africa.
Mar 22, 2009; ... In February 1994, Robert Kaplan published a highly controversial article in the influential Atlantic Monthly titled, "The Coming Anarchy." Kaplan prophesized that a combination of "scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism and disease" would swiftly undermine the social fabric of the ...
The International Criminal Court's case against the president of Sudan: a critical look.(Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... On 14 July 2008, after much advance publicity and fanfare, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, applied for a warrant of arrest against the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, on charges that included conspiracy to commit genocide along ...
The African Union: pitfalls and prospects for uniting Africa.(Organization overview)
Mar 22, 2009; ... As the African Union (AU) moves toward its tenth anniversary in 2012, it is drawing a great deal of attention to its handling of mounting crises on the continent. Across the continent, the AU is faced with crises that test its commitment and capability to fulfill the ambitious agenda it ...
Governance and leadership in Africa: measures, methods and results.(Ibrahim Index of African Governance)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Governance is performance--the delivery of high quality political goods to citizens by governments of all kinds. In Africa, as everywhere else, those political goods are security and safety, rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity and human ...
Power and pressure: African media and the extractive sector.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Journalism in Africa has come far in recent decades. The decline of one-party dictatorships, which traditionally kept a grip on the press, has brought about rapid changes. (1) The number of media outlets has expanded and in many countries, such as South Africa and Nigeria, the press is now ...
Kenya's unfinished agendas.(National Accord and Reconciliation Act)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Kenya is a critically important East African country at a crossroads. In the coming years, it will either chart a way through to democratic reform and state building, or it will join the ranks of the so-called collapsed of failed states. Much hinges on which way Kenya moves: the late of 37 ...
The glass fortress: Zimbabwe's cyber-guerrilla warfare.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Contrary to the gun battles we are accustomed to, we now have cyber-warfares fought from one's comfort zone, be it bedroom, office, swimming pool, etc., but with deadly effects. --Dr. Olivier Muchena, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, Secretary for Science and ...
Africa's growth and resilience in a volatile world.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Until 2008, thanks to domestic policy reforms, external assistance and high commodity prices, most of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa experienced sustained and accelerating growth for over a decade. Poverty was declining, health and education indicators were improving--albeit from a ...
An interview with Patrick Awuah.(Ashesi University)(Interview)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Patrick Awuah is the founder and president of Ashesi University, a private liberal arts college located in Accra, Ghana. He was born in Ghana but left in the mid-1980s to pursue an education in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and a master's degree in ...
Five faces of African innovation and entrepreneurship.(Mo Ibrahim, Euvin Naidoo, John Atta Mills, Andrew Rugasira, and Izu Ojukwu)(Interview)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Africa's influence on Western culture has been celebrated for centuries, yet the continent has long been seen as requiring outside intervention to fuel its progress. Today, however, the growing number of high-profile African entrepreneurs across numerous sectors and industries, and the ...
Religion, social capital and development in the Sahel: the Niass Tijaniyya in Niger.(ANDREW WELLINGTON CORDIER ESSAY)(Organization overview)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Religion is not often pursued as a source of engagement in the international discourse on development. While faith-based organizations have received a greater audience and exerted greater influence in the past few years under the Bush administration, it is still uncommon for international ...
China's role in Africa: a growing phenomenon.('China into Africa: Trade, Aid and Influence')(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... China into Africa: Trade, Aid and Influence Robert I. Rotberg (ed.) (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008), 317 pages. Since the mid-1990s, China has rapidly expanded its engagement with African states. Study of Sino-African relations has ...
Africa at the turn of the century: state failure?('When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa')(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa Robert H. Bates (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 216 pages. Despite the optimism after independence and the end of the Cold War, violence and political disorder became widespread in ...
Rethinking exclusion, ethnicity and conflict in Central Africa.('The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa')(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa Rene Lemarchand (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), 327 pages. Over the course of the past two decades, the Great Lakes Region of central Africa--encompassing the micro-states of Rwanda and ...
Through the Darkness: a Life in Zimbabwe.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... THROUGH THE DARKNESS: A LIFE IN ZIMBABWE Judith Garfield Todd (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2007), 472 pages. Judith Todd's account of Zimbabwe's tragic post-colonial turmoil and the lawless rule of Robert Mugabe is a thorough, on-the-ground examination of the ...
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... THE TRANSLATOR: A TRIBESMAN'S MEMOIR OF DARFUR Daoud Hari (New York: Random House, 2008), 204 pages. In 2003, after years of looking for employment and months of rotting in an Egyptian jail, Daoud Hari decided to go back home to Darfur. He reached the ...
Say You're One of Them.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM Uwem Akpan (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008), 354 pages. Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them is a collection of short stories set in strife-ridden African environments. Told from the perspective of children, these tales ...
Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... PEACEKEEPING IN SIERRA LEONE Funmi Olonisakin (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008), 205 pages. Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone is the fascinating story of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), the peacekeeping force that played a key ...
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... PLAYING THE ENEMY: NELSON MANDELA AND THE GAME THAT MADE A NATION John Carlin (New York: Penguin Group, 2008), 320 pages. John Carlin's work of non-fiction, Playing the Enemy, offers a refreshing portrait of the human effort behind the South ...
Educational Chance in South Africa: Reflections on Local Realities, Practices, and Reforms.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... EDUCATIONAL CHANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: REFLECTIONS ON LOCAL REALITIES, PRACTICES, AND REFORMS Everard Weber (Ed.) (Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2008), 360 pages. What sparks educational reform in transition societies? How does a country's ...
Africa's Silk Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... AFRICA'S SILK ROAD: CHINA AND INDIA'S NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER Harry G. Broadman (Washington, DC: World Bank Publications, 2007), 391 pages. Harry Broadman's book, Africa's Silk Road, covers the increase in trade and investments from China and India in Africa ...
Gangs, Politics and Dignity in Cape Town.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... GANGS, POLITICS AND DIGNITY IN CAPE TOWN Steffen Jensen (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008), 240 pages. Gangs, Politics and Dignity in Cape Town is an ethnographic study of Coloured residents in the Cape Flats of South Africa. Steffen Jensen ...
28 Stories of AIDS in Africa.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... 28 STORIES OF AIDS IN AFRICA Stepbanie Nolen (New York: Walker & Company, 2008), 375 pages. In 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa, Stephanie Nolen provides a gripping and detailed human-interest story. Nolen's extensive research and personal interest in the ...
Africa Unchained: the Blueprint for Africa's Future.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... AFRICA UNCHAINED: THE BLUEPRINT FOR AFRICA'S FUTURE George B.N. Ayittey (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), 483 pages. Born in Ghana, American University economist George Ayittey's most recent book, Africa Unchained: the Blueprint for Africa's Future, is ...
Scorpions Under Pillow: Terrorism in Africa.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... SCORPIONS UNDER PILLOW: TERRORISM IN AFRICA Shehu Sani (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008), 359 pages. As terrorism gradually becomes the method of choice not only for extremist factions, but also for marginalized groups in an increasing number of ...
A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... A LONG DAY'S DYING: CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THE DARFUR GENOCIDE Eric Reeves (Toronto, Canada: The Key Publishing House Inc., 2007), 386 pages. As the Obama administration takes office, humanitarian intervention once again seems more than a rhetorical priority ...