Since independence India has deployed its soft power in Africa, with educational aid and capacity-building at the heart of its Africa policy. However, following economic liberalisation and in a quest for greater global influence, India's geopolitics have changed. The country's discourse on...

Chapter 1: background and evolving features of Sino-African relationship -- Chapter 2: founding of Sino-African Cooperation Forum and the new era of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 3: global impact and future direction of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 4: the stage evolution of the...

1. Extractive institutions in the Congo : checks and balances in the longue duree / Andreas Exenberger and Simon Hartmann -- 2. Colonial extraction in the Indonesian archipelago : a long historical view / Thee Kian Wie -- 3. Varieties of exploitation in colonial settings : Dutch and Belgian...