African Politics and International Relations
Posted in Africa Notes, African Politics, International Law, International Organizations, IPE on Apr 25th, 2012
The WTO and Sustainable Development Lesotho Ambassador Mothae Maruping is the current chair of the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Development. ICTSD has a nice report of their recent meeting and its focus on sustainable development. One thought is how to integrate the WTO’s Aid for Trade program with the goal of developing a green [...]
Posted in Africa Notes, African Politics, Economic Development, Notes, Subjects on Mar 20th, 2012
“A History of the Balance of [Economic] Power”, from AD 1 – 2050 via Business Insider “The True Size of Africa” via oranabutterfly.com I have shown my students other versions of this map but I like the detail here.
Posted in Course Notes, Environmental Politics on Mar 16th, 2012
African elephants have been a major subject recently. News reports state that… At least half the elephant population in Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida reserve have been slaughtered because the west African nation sent too few security forces to tackle poachers. (Reuters) Over at Africa Unchained, Julie Owono notes that there is a major capacity problem for [...]
Posted in Africa Notes on Mar 3rd, 2012
This looks very interesting and has great reviews already! H/T to Deborah Brautigam
Posted in African Politics, General on Jul 8th, 2011
“In clustered Central Accra, they pave the streets in praise-pursuit; china-smooth like heaven’s highway.” – That is Nana Yaw Asiedu on his blog Anti-Rhythm, contrasting the “two Accras”, one that is more rougher and the other, “china-smooth”. Which makes me wonder, in Africa how much might “China” be associated with modernity and higher standards of [...]
Posted in General on Jun 22nd, 2011
I have occasionally thought about opening my own coffee shop, or bookstore, or restaurant… Not that any of these things are likely. And not that any of these ideas are that original. However, one idea that I have had that I think might be a bit more unique is to open up a chain of [...]
Posted in African Politics, Noted, Research Notes on Jun 12th, 2011
As many friends and colleagues know, one of my two core research agendas considers Africa’s changing relationships with rising powers in the world, and in particular China. Here are some of the latest (well, I was on vacation a couple weeks so some of this may not seem very recent to all of you!) items [...]
Posted in African Politics, International Organizations, International Relations, IPE, Noted on Aug 26th, 2010
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has been central to my research agenda for a long time now. I am currently in the process of completing a book manuscript that examines African participation and influence in global economic governance. I begin with the assumption that they have to work through coalitions, and then proceed to consider [...]
Posted in African Politics, Noted on Jul 16th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (clip below), CNN and a number of other sources are reporting that at least 100 Africans were involved in protests over immigration enforcement in China. The spark was apparently the death of a Nigerian who was killed during an immigration raid. China’s increasing ties with Africa is a subject that I [...]
Posted in African Politics, Noted on May 12th, 2009
An old Peace Corps friend posted this link on Facebook. It reminded me of the work I did as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana. In many parts of rural Africa it is still normal to have no access to a toilet or latrine, and it is still normal to get water from unsafe sources. [...]
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