Africa and the European Union A Strategic Partnership

The adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) in 2007 was a watershed moment in Africa-EU relations, one that sought to 'reinvent' a historical relationship to meet the challenges posed by complex interdependencies, expanding globalization, and growing competition, all framed by the gradual dislocation of the West as the epicenter of world politics. Five years into its implementation, this book offers a thorough and first comprehensive investigation of the JAES, the most advanced form of interregionalism seen to date.

PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT Africa-EU Strategic Partnership: Significance and Implications—Jack Mangala Africa-EU Strategic Partnership: Historical Background, Institutional Architecture, and Theoretical Frameworks—Jack Mangala PART II: THE PARTNERSHIP IN MOTION Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security—Toni Haastrup Africa-EU Partnership on Democratic Governance and Human Rights—Jack Mangala Africa-EU Partnership on Trade and Regional Integration—Olufemi Babarinde and Stephen Wright Africa-EU Partnership on the Millennium Development Goals—Olufemi Babarinde and Stephen Wright Africa-EU Partnership on Climate Change and the Environment—Daniela Sicurelli Africa-EU Partnership on Energy—Michael Charles and Benjamin Mulili Africa-EU Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment—Jack Mangala PART III: PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS The Future of Africa-EU Strategy—Erik Lundsgaarde Five Years after Lisbon: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward—Jack Mangala

OLUFEMI BARABINDE Associate Professor, European and African Studies, Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA WILLIAM BROWN Lecturer in Government and Politics, Open University TINE VAN CRIEKINGE Senior Researcher, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK MARY FARRELL Director of International Politics Research Program, University of Greenwich, UK, and Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre d'études et de recherches internationals, Sciences Po, Paris, France BENEDIKT FRANKE Visiting Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK TONI HAASTRUP Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK DIRK KOHNERT Deputy Director, Institute of African Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies MARJORIE LISTER Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Bradford, UK ERIK LUNDSGAARDE Researcher, German Development Institute, Bilateral and Multilateral Development Cooperation, Bonn, Germany DANIELLA SICURRELI Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy