Revisiting EU-Africa Relations in a Changing World: (New Horizons in European Politics series)

This timely book explores the current state of EU-Africa relations from a multidisciplinary perspective, placing emphasis on recent developments in five areas that are crucial for EU-Africa relations: development cooperation, trade, migration, security and democratization. It considers how Africa’s dependence on the EU has decreased due to the declining importance of development cooperation, and increasing cooperation with emerging powers, notably the BRIC nations. The book asks two key questions in relation to these areas: first, whether the EU effectively pursues a forward-looking strategy suggested in the official discourse or is following a strategy that still reflects asymmetrical postcolonial relations; and second, whether Africa will be able to push for a more balanced relationship with Europe by using the leverage provided by emerging powers. To answer these questions, expert contributors explore the impact of African migration on the domestic policy of EU member states, security and conflict resolution in Africa, EU trade policy and African economic development, and how local dynamics and international pressures affect democratisation in Africa. Offering new directions of research on EU-Africa relations, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of international relations, European policy and international politics. It will also be a useful resource for policy makers, activists and civil society groups interested in EU-Africa cooperation.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction: Revisiting EU-Africa relations in a changing world 1 Valeria Fargion and Mamoudou Gazibo PART I SECURITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA 1 Managing African conflicts: using CSDP missions to cope with terrorism and organized crime 24 Daniela Irrera 2 The European Union and conflict prevention in Africa: partnering with civil society to build sustainable peace 37 Lorenzo Angelini 3 African Union reform project: implications and challenges for EU partnership towards ending conflicts in Africa 51 Reuben J. B. Lewis PART II THE MIGRATORY CONUNDRUM 4 Africa-EU migration in perspective 67 Gustavo De Santis 5 Drivers of migration from Africa 78 Alessandra Venturini and Andrea Goldstein 6 African migration and EU immigration policies 91 Ioannis Papageorgiou 7 Europe-Africa unequal pacts: the case of West African migration 105 Rahmane Idrissa 8 From containment to policy coherence: reframing European migration policy with Africa 117 Andrea Stocchiero PART III EU TRADE POLICY AND AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 9 EU-Africa trade and investment relations: towards greater convergence? 132 San Bilal, Bernard Hoekman and Dominique Njinkeu 10 The African Continental Free Trade Agreement and its implications for Africa-EU trade relations 146 John Akokpari 11 UK trade with Africa after Brexit 160 Giorgia Giovannetti, Enrico Marvasi and Filippo Santi PART IV EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AT A CROSSROAD 12 From complementing to copying its member states: assessing the EU’s development cooperation with Africa 177 Niels Keijzer 13 Three interwoven actors, readjusting positions: EU-Africa relations and the post-Cotonou partnership 192 Maurizio Carbone 14 EU development cooperation with Africa: forgetting about health? 205 Valeria Fargion and Marco Mayer PART V DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA BETWEEN LOCAL DYNAMICS AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES 15 Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa: historical legacies, international pressures and new political challenges 223 Arrigo Pallotti and Corrado Tornimbeni 16 Does EBA improve good governance in sub-Saharan Africa? 239 Thilo Bodenstein 17 Is democracy declining in Africa and what role for China? 251 Mamoudou Gazibo PART VI CONCLUSION 18 EU and Africa: reflecting on the European global strategy and EU neighbourhood policy 267 Pasquale Ferrara Index

About the Author :
Edited by Valeria Fargion, Associate Professor of Political Science, Jean Monnet Chair, School of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy and Mamoudou Gazibo, Professor of Political Science, University of Montreal, Canada

Review :
‘A remarkable analysis of the contradictions between the European political ambitions to be a global player in Africa and the unwillingness of the member states to develop a common African policy. The result is the huge gap between the original ambitions of Euro-African strategy and its concrete achievements, especially after the turmoil produced by the failure of the Arab Spring and the collapse of the Gaddafi regime. The ideal empty space for the increasing influence of China, now the only player at Continental level.’