The Routledge Handbook on AsiaAfrica Engagement

This handbook provides a comprehensive reference guide to the increasing and evolving interactions between African nations and rising Asian powers. The Routledge Handbook on Asia–Africa Engagement provides a comprehensive reference guide to the increasing and evolving interactions between African nations and rising Asian powers. It provides a detailed, state-of-the-art analysis of these connections, responding to the growing need for a systematic and holistic exploration of Asia–Africa relations. Incorporating theoretical and empirical dimensions and addressing both current academic debates and practical policy concerns, it elaborates how Asian powers deal with Africa with a special focus on the tools and strategies they use to enhance their involvement across the continent. Offering broad geographical coverage and a focus on African agency, it affords practical insights into the future of Asia–Africa relations and provides a comprehensive understanding of the distinctiveness of, and the complexities inherent in, these dynamic relationships. The Routledge Handbook on Asia–Africa Engagement will be an essential reference for scholars and students of African studies and politics, Asian studies and politics, diplomacy and trade, and more broadly to international relations, policy makers and practitioners.