China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa

As Africa struggles to take its rightful place in the global arena, it must, once again, face the…


Globalization of Inequality

By Francois Bourguigon. Reviewed by Michael West. Inequality not only seems to be an intractable…


Untapped – The Scramble For African Oil

John Ghazvinian. Reviewed by Steven Martinovich. With continued instability in the Middle East and…


Kicking Away The Ladder

By Ha-Joon Chang Reviewed by Professor Arne Rückert. Ha-Joon Chang’s book Kicking Away the Ladder…


Africa: Why economists get it wrong

Morten Jerven. Reviewed by Katrina Manson. Africa is becoming something of a trend. Analysts have…


ENERGY TRANSITION IN AFRICA

Edited by Thokozani Simelane, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman. The world's demand for energy coupled with a…


The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States

By Terry Lynn Karl. "All in all I wish we had discovered water" Sheik Yamani, Oil Minister of Saudi…


The Terrorism Ahead: Confronting Transnational Violence in the 21st Century

Paul J. Smith. Since the Al Qaeda attacks of 11 September 2001, there have been as many experts as…


Africa and the New World Order

By Julius O. Ihonvbere. Reviewed by Gail Gerhart. Another perspective on Africa's economic and…


State collapse, insurgency, and counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

By US Army College, John-Peter Pham, Strategic Studies Institute. For more than 2 decades, Somalia…