Advent of a ‘Game Changer’?: India’s Economic, Political and Strategic Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1991 until 2014

Arndt Michael
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Arndt Michael: Arndt Michael is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Chair of International Relations, University of Freiburg, Germany. acamichael@gmail.com

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2014, vol. 70, issue 4, 341-357

Abstract: In her position as a rising power, India has reassessed and reinvigorated the entirety of her relations with Africa in the past decade. These relations cover the economic, political and the security spheres. They are the result of India’s ideational foreign policy change, her economic growth trajectory, looming energy insecurity and India’s role as an increasingly important international stakeholder. The main argument of the article is that India has successfully worked out her own policies, institutional structures and inter-regional development schemes with unique characteristics to develop and deepen linkages with sub-Saharan Africa. The article concludes that India now has a potential of assuming the role of ‘game changer’ in the new scramble for Africa’s resources and the struggle for votes and support of African states in international institutions and fora.

Keywords: International relations; rising powers; regional powers; India’s foreign policy; sub-Sahara Africa; security; energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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