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…