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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.
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
Contents:Introduction: Revisiting EU-Africa relations in a changing world 1Valeria Fargion and Mamoudou GaziboPART I SECURITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA1 Managing African conflicts: using CSDP missions to copewith terrorism and organized crime 24Daniela Irrera2 The European Union and conflict prevention in Africa:partnering with civil society to build sustainable peace 37Lorenzo Angelini3 African Union reform project: implications and challengesfor EU partnership towards ending conflicts in Africa 51Reuben J. B. LewisPART II THE MIGRATORY CONUNDRUM4 Africa-EU migration in perspective 67Gustavo De Santis5 Drivers of migration from Africa 78Alessandra Venturini and Andrea Goldstein6 African migration and EU immigration policies 91Ioannis Papageorgiou7 Europe-Africa unequal pacts: the case of West African migration 105Rahmane Idrissa8 From containment to policy coherence: reframingEuropean migration policy with Africa 117Andrea StocchieroPART III EU TRADE POLICY AND AFRICANECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT9 EU-Africa trade and investment relations: towards greaterconvergence? 132San Bilal, Bernard Hoekman and Dominique Njinkeu10 The African Continental Free Trade Agreement and itsimplications for Africa-EU trade relations 146John Akokpari11 UK trade with Africa after Brexit 160Giorgia Giovannetti, Enrico Marvasi and Filippo SantiPART IV EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIONAT A CROSSROAD12 From complementing to copying its member states:assessing the EU’s development cooperation with Africa 177Niels Keijzer13 Three interwoven actors, readjusting positions: EU-Africarelations and the post-Cotonou partnership 192Maurizio Carbone14 EU development cooperation with Africa: forgetting abouthealth? 205Valeria Fargion and Marco MayerPART V DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA BETWEENLOCAL DYNAMICS AND INTERNATIONALPRESSURES15 Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa: historical legacies,international pressures and new political challenges 223Arrigo Pallotti and Corrado Tornimbeni16 Does EBA improve good governance in sub-Saharan Africa? 239Thilo Bodenstein17 Is democracy declining in Africa and what role for China? 251Mamoudou GaziboPART VI CONCLUSION18 EU and Africa: reflecting on the European global strategyand EU neighbourhood policy 267Pasquale FerraraIndex
‘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.’
