Beziehungen zwischen Afrika und China, Public Diplomacy, Geopolitischer Einsatz von Narrativen
Managing Editor of the China Global South Project
Research Affiliate, Stellenbosch University, Fachbereich Journalismus
2018-2022 Senior Researcher und Leiter des Africa-China Program, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
2013-2017 Senior Lecturer in Medienwissenschaften, University of the Witwatersrand
2012 Post-Doc Researcher, Stellenbosch University, Fachbereich für Politikwissenschaften
PhD in Medienwissenschaften, Universität Nagoya, Japan
Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, this Working Paper examines repercussions in Africa and on German Africa policy, analysing to what extent they are in continuity with trends that preceded the war and to what extent they represent a break with past patterns. Has the Ukraine war turned out to be a sea change for Africa and German Africa policy, too?
doi:10.18449/2024MTA-WP10
The G7's Just Energy Transition Partnership agreements with Senegal and South Africa aim to help these economies to become less carbon-intensive while creating new opportunities for cooperation, at a time when the rise of China and growing multipolarity are complicating Africa's external relations.
doi:10.18449/2024MTA-WP09