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Sharma, Shri Anand: India-Africa Editor's conference. Address of Minster of State for External Affairs. - S. 551-554. Remarks by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. - S. 554-555. India-Africa partnership in the 21st century. Inaugural address by Nalin Surie, Secretary (West). - S. 556-557. Remarks by Dean of African Diplomatic Corps. - S. 558-560. India-Africa Forum summit. Opening address by Pranab Mukherjee, on India-Africa Forum Summit, Foreign Minister's meeting. - S. 560-562. Opening Adress by Dr. Manmohan Singh. - S. 563-565. Adress by the External Affairs Minister at the India-Africa business luncheon. - S. 565-566

Objective, critical, optimistic, and with a global focus, this textbook combines international relations theory, history, up-to-date research, and current affairs to give students a comprehensive, unbiased understanding of international politics. It integrates theory and traditional approaches with globalization and research on such topics as terrorism, new economic superpowers, and global communications and social networking to offer unusual breadth and depth for an undergraduate course. The text is enhanced by box features and 'Close Up' sections with context and further information; 'Critical Case Studies' highlighting controversial and complex current affairs that show how the world works in practice; and questions to stimulate discussion, review key concepts, and encourage further study. Unlike any other textbook, Global Politics in the 21st Century demonstrates the significance and interconnectivity of globalization and new security challenges in the twenty-first century and illuminates the role of leadership in transnational crises.

The 9 contributors to this volume are Africanists whose comprehension of the political "vernacular" of Africa helped to sharpen their analyses of a continent on the eve of a new millennium and in the aftermath of the Cold War. The debate over the most relevant political models for African countries has till recently been conducted against a backdrop of the competing claims of socialism and capitalism. Attempts to consolidate democracy and constitutional have taken place in the shadow of intractable economic problems, prompting the question of whether democracy can survive in Africa without economic prosperity. The papers published here address many of these problems, as well as dealing with the questions of ethnicity, leadership, the power of the military, and prodemocracy movements within African nation states

Chapter 1:- Introduction -- Chapter 2:- Scandal: the causes, the problems and the outcomes -- Chapter 3:- Twentieth century issues: the lessons of the past -- Chapter 4:- Spitzer: the downfall of a governor -- Chapter 5:- John Edwards: the chaos of the cover-up -- Chapter 6:- Mark Sanford : hiking in Appalachia -- Chapter 7:- Anthony Weiner: the perils of social media -- Chapter 8:- Donald Trump: the Teflon don -- Chapter 9:- Conclusion.

Preface -- Introduction : the Middle East and North Africa in comparative perspective / Sean L. Yom -- Syrian Arab Republic / Thomas Pierret -- Republic of Lebanon / William Harris -- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Curtis R. Ryan -- State of Israel / Mira Sucharov and Hamed Mousavi -- Palestine / Glenn E. Robinson -- Republic of Turkey / Henri J. Barkey and Omer Taspinar -- Republic of Iraq / Ariel I. Ahram -- Islamic Republic of Iran / Mark Gasiorowski -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Sebastian Maisel -- Eastern Arabian states : Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman / Jill Crystal -- Republic of Yemen / Stacy Philbrick Yadav -- Arab Republic of Egypt / Joshua Stacher -- State of Libya / Karim Mezran -- Republic of Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria / Azzedine Layachi -- Kingdom of Morocco / Gregory W. White

This book presents the findings of research conducted by scholars and activists associated with the Agrarian South Network, based mainly in Africa, Asia and Latina America. The research articulates a Southern perspective on the "new scramble" for Africa, with a view to strengthen tri-continental solidarities. The book explains the significance of the new scramble in terms of the economic structures inherited from the late-nineteenth-century scramble and the subsequent post-independence period. The renewed competition for Africa's land and natural resources and the resumption of economic growth at the turn of the millennium have revived concerns regarding the continent's position in the world economy and the prospects for its development in the twenty-first century. In this regard, the book addresses two related issues: the character of the expansion of Southern competitors in relation to the more established Western strategies; and the impact of the renewed influx of investments in land, minerals, and associated infrastructure. The findings are presented with empirical rigor and conceptual clarity, to enable the reader to grasp what really is at stake in the twenty-first century - an epic struggle to reclaim Africa from the monopolies that exercise control over its land, minerals, labour, and destiny.--