Broadening the Debate on EU–Africa Relations

Frank Mattheis is a researcher at the Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation University of Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a PhD in global studies and specialises in comparative regionalism and interregionalism.John Kotsopoulos is an associate fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation University of Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a PhD in International Relations (University of Kent, UK) with focus on asymmetrical negotiations between the European Union and Africa.

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