Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise, Index , The Foreign Ministry , Prenegotiations , ‘Around-the-table’ negotiations , Diplomatic momentum , Packaging agreements , Following up , Embassies , Telecommunications , Consulates , Secret intelligence , Conferences , Summits , Public diplomacy , Embassy substitutes , Special missions , Mediation.

Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise, Index , Geo-economic motives and the negotiation of free trade agreements : introduction , The politics of FTAs in Asia : the role of China and implications for EU trade policy , US trade policy : Japan vs. China, from politically economic to existential , Global value chains and EU–East Asia trade : an antidote for geo-economic competition? , Intellectual property rights : EU and US initiatives in the Asia–Pacific : competition, coordination or duplication? , Most-favoured nation clauses : a double-edged sword in a geo-economic era , Product regulations : you can drive my car, otherwise let it be , Rules of origin : bridging regions to withstand turbulent times , Sustainable development in EU–Asia trade relations , EU and South Korea : a model example for foreign trade policy relations? , Australia and the EU : from trade tensions to FTA negotiations , EU–Singapore negotiations : overlapping negotiations, conflicting interests? , The Vietnam-European Union free trade agreement: : victim of changing times? , EU-Indonesia trade relations , Geo-economic motives in EU FTA’s with the Asia–Pacific : more discourse than design?

Note: Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise, Index , Introduction : (old) actors and (new) issues in world politics , Knowledge and international bureaucracies , International bureaucracies as open systems , Knowledge creation by international bureaucracies , A note on the research approach , UNEP and the evolution of environmental concerns , An open system perspective , “We can count the butterflies later” : knowledge emergence, agency, and opportunity , UNEP and environmental peacebuilding , Conclusion : international bureaucracies, knowledge creation, and change

Note: Africa in the Changing Global Order: The Past, the Present, and the Future , Part I Historical Foundations of Africa and the World , Africa’s Contributions to World Civilization , Africa and the World Before the Second World War , Africa and the World After the Second World War , Colonialism, Coloniality, and Colonial Rule in Africa , Africa and the Diaspora , The African Diaspora in the United States , Part II Africa and Global Knowledge Production , African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the World , Coloniality of Being, Imperial Reason, and the Myth of African Futures , African Voices and Black Spaces: Confronting Knowledge in White Man’s IR , Epistemologies of the South and Africa’s Marginalization in the Media , The Influence of Globalization in Positioning African Indigenous Knowledge and Learning System , Ubuntu: The Political Paradigm Africa Should Endorse to Impact the Global Community , Ancient Knowledge and the Right to Development , Part III Africa in the Global Economy , The New Scramble for Africa , Shifting Centers of Coloniality of Power: The Scramble for African Mines and Minerals , It is Still Extractive Imperialism in Africa: Ghana’s Oil Rush, Extractivist Exploitation, and the Unpromising Prospects of Resources-Led Industrialization , Sub-Saharan Africa in the International Trading System: Understanding the Recent Trends , Africa in Global Trade , Africa in Global Trade: Tracking Performance and Mapping Future Pathways , Global Governance of Finance and African Relations with the World , Aid-Dependence and the Emancipation of Africa , Between Heterochthonous Laissez-Faireism and Autochthonous Organic Farming: Africa’s Lazarus Global Food Security Challenges , Global Public Policy Paradigms and the Socio-Economic Transformation Trajectories of Africa , Part IV Africa in International Relations , The African Union’s Pursuit of Pax Africana: From Continental Cadet to Globally Revered Generalissimo? , Seeking African Agency in Global Clubs , The Monologue on Liberal Democracy: Africa in a Neocolonialized World , Environmental Diplomacy and the Fallacy of Climate Bandwagoning in Africa , The European Union’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and Challenges of Addressing Irregular Migration in the Global South: The Nigerian Example , Europe After Brexit and Possible Implications for African Region , Sino-African Relations and Trends for the Post-Covid-19 Global Order , “Look East” and Look Back: Lessons for Africa in the Changing Global Order , Changing Narratives of Human Rights , Part V Africa in Global Security Conflict and Peacebuilding , Africa and the Restructuring of the United Nations Security Council , Africa in Peacekeeping Operations in a Changing Global Order , The War on Terror and Securitization of Africa , Africa’s Search for Sustainable Security in an Emergent Global Order , The European Union and the African Regional Security Outlook in the Twenty-First Century: Gains, Challenges, and Future Prospects , Piercing the Veil of Non-Interference Doctrine: China’s Expanding Military Footprint in Africa , Africa’s Transitionssal Justice System in a Changing Global Order: The “Allure” of Rwanda’s Gacaca Transitional Justice System , Reconstructing Global Security and Peacebuilding in Somalia’s Changing Context , Unipolarity, Emerging Powers, African Security and the Place of Africa in the International System 1993–2017 , Part VI Africa and Global Religions and Creativity , Beyond the Assemblage of Rhythms and Tunes: Post-colonial African Music and the Struggle for Liberation , Beyond Riots: Africa’s Fela Kuti and His One Man Political Protest in the Changing Global Order , African Pentecostalism in a Changing Economic and Democratic Global Order , Pentecostalism and the African Diaspora: A Case Study of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in North America , “Return My Power, or You Die!” Charismatic Church and Political Leaders Hankering for What in Africa? , Reimaging Women Ritual Space: Gender and Power Dynamics in African Religion , Spatial Navigation as a Hermeneutic Paradigm Ifa, Heidegger and Calvino , Opium or Elixir? How Adherence to Major World Religions Influence Africans’ Health-Related Behavior During a Pandemic: A Case Study of Nigeria , Part VII Africa and Global Leadership , Diplomacy and Politics , The World of Literary Writers , African Academic Leaders and Public Intellectuals , Global African Business Leaders

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