Browsing Political Sciences by UP Author "Alden, Chris (Christopher)"

Browsing Political Sciences by UP Author "Alden, Chris (Christopher)"

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  • Brave new world : debt, industrialization and security in China–Africa relations 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher); Jiang, Lu (Oxford University Press, 2019-03)
    China's ties with Africa are evolving into a multi-faceted relationship of increasing complexity. After nearly two decades of debt-financed infrastructure development, Beijing's exposure to African debt is reaching disquieting ...
  • Militias : a conceptual framework 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher); Thakur, Monika; Arnold, Matthew B. (Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria, 2011-05)
    While the presence of militia in conflicts dates back several centuries, their current nature and importance remains unique and in need of further analysis and understanding. This article attempts to further this understanding ...
  • South Africa in the company of giants : the search for leadership in a transforming global order 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher); Schoeman, Maxi (John Wiley & Sons, 2013-01)
    South Africa, the continental economic giant and self-appointed champion of African development, is at last finding its distinctive national voice. Emboldened by the invitation to join the BRICS grouping of major emerging ...
  • South Africa's space programme : past and present 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher) (Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria, 2007-05)
    This article will examine the evolution of South Africa's space programme, from its origins in the security concerns of the apartheid government to the developmental ambitions of the contemporary government. It will ...
  • South Africa's symbolic hegemony in Africa 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher); Schoeman, Maxi (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015-02)
    South Africa’s position on the African continent is widely seen to be one of dominance and leadership. No longer subject to the international opprobrium, postapartheid South Africa launched a visionary campaign built ...
  • South African foreign policy and China : converging visions, competing interests, contested identities 
    Alden, Chris (Christopher); Wu, Yu-Shan (Routledge, 2016-04)
    South Africa’s burgeoning relationship with China exposes the increasing complexities of its post-apartheid international relations. On one hand bilateral relations have deepened since 1998, due to the increasing comp ...