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council on african security and development
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How long would Canada remain hospitable to Nigerians?
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The Debate on China in Africa; Take it Seriously
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Panel on Peace and Security Summit at the African Union Mission, Washington, DC
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China's One Belt One Road contact points
Current Affairs
Senegal: Testing for democracy in Nigeria and Senegal in 2019
Melvin Foote*.
Without question Africa is a continent that is very much on the move towards democratic governance...
Voter apathy in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election is very likely but certainly bad
Editorial commentary.
WHEN MUHAMMADU BUHARI won Nigeria’s presidential election in 2015, his victory was greeted with euphoria...
The Debate on China’s Role in Africa; A Different Point of View
A Brief Response: Marshall Plan for Africa or “Debt Trap?”
Lawrence Freeman.
The world is witnessing an increase in attacks on Africa’s relationships with China in various articles, as well as low-level, unthoughtful, messages on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...
The Debate on China’s Role in Africa; One Point of View
China’s “Marshall Plan” for Africa – Debt or New Deal?
Peter Kagwanja.
The recently concluded China-Africa Summit offers a new deal for Africa’s recovery...
Videos
Development and Security Matters
Diversity can distract us from economic inequality
Giles Fraser.
According to the socialist academic Walter Benn Michaels, the reason that rich western liberals talk so much about racism and sexism is so they don’t have to talk so much about economic inequality...
The Brain Drain from Nigeria Finds a New Home…..Canada
Yomi Kazeem.
By most standards, Ezekiel is living the middle-class Nigerian dream. At 41, he works as a senior manager at a Lagos-based media company where he earns a healthy salary...
What Cultural traits engender economic development?
Francis X. Hezel, SJ.
How Flat is the World?
"The world is flat," Thomas Friedman has famously declared...
China’s One Belt One Road Globalization Agenda
Zheping Huang.
World leaders gathered in Beijing in May to hear China’s plan for global trade: the One Belt One Road initiative...
Academic Papers
The Cost And Benefit of Globalization: Who Are The Beneficiaries?
John Ikerd.
Globalization has become a major public issue over the past decade. Most of the recent controversy has centered on the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Leadership Structure: The African Experience
There are indisputably significant divergences in the degree of development of countries across the world...
Sovereignty Matters: Africa, Donors And The Aid Relationship
William Brown.
This article critiques the predominant opinion that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states...
Why Doesn’t Capitalism Flow to Poor Countries?
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch.
Abstract.
We find anecdotal evidence suggesting that governments in poor countries have a more left wing rhetoric than those in OECD countries...
Book Reviews
The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking and the Future of the Global Economy
Mervyn King.
Mervyn King looks like one of those old-fashioned bank managers who cast a paternalistic eye on the nervous customer...
The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa
Deborah Brautigam.
Highly topical.
Draws on completely new research in China and Africa to provide the first comprehensive account of Chinese engagement in Africa...
Sustainable Development and Human Rights in Africa
Picard, Buss, Seybolt, and Lelei.
Many new development initiatives have been introduced in Africa over the past few decades...
Canadian Foreign Policy in Africa
Edward Ansah Akuffo.
After over fifty-years of Canadian engagement with Africa, no comprehensive literature exists on Canada's security policy in Africa and relations towards Africa's regional organizations...
US-Africa Energy Summit 2017
Collaborative and Partnership Opportunities in the United States for Steady-State Supply of Electricity in Africa. - Madison, WI, USA September 18 - 19, 2017
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Nigeria Summit on National Security 2016
Confronting and containing threats from terrorism and sectarian insurgency.
Abuja, Nigeria, May 25 - 26, 2016
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Photos & Programs of Summit 2016 »
Abuja, Nigeria, May 25 - 26, 2016
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Photos & Programs of Summit 2016 »
US new $60 billion Agency would benefit Africa
Jonathan Berman. Business between the US and Africa...
President Trump Wants Peace for “Vicious and Violent” Africa
John Campbell.* With his highly critical comments about...
Poverty and development traps? Yes, but two African countries managed to escape both
Charles Kenny and Andrew Sumer. Remember the poverty...
US-Africa Relationship Under President Ramaphosa
Anthony Carroll. Last Friday’s State of the Nation...
Former U.S. Ambassadors to Africa Protest President Trump’s Remarks
Ambassador John Campbell. President Donald Trump’s...