Despite the importance of capacity building in India’s development cooperation programme with African countries, a comprehensive assessment of India’s capacity building initiatives has not happened so far.
In his Africa engagement, President Trump has mostly opted for continuity, but the current US' zero-sum policy of competing head-to-head with China has not borne fruit
Africa remains the least-industrialised continent, so the idea that it can somehow parachute itself and compete in the post-industrial global marketplace of services is bewildering.
An analysis of the impact of the containment measures
The challenge for leaders is to strike the right balance between Ethiopia’s developmental needs while considering Egypt and Sudan’s water rights as well.
China should be urged to respect its international obligations to reduce green emissions while the Zimbabwean government must be encouraged to be a responsible custodian of natural resources.
Democratic reforms in global institutions are quintessential; that is why India and Africa have voiced their support for expanding both permanent and non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
The time for an India-Africa partnership is ripe. Governments must be put to task to ensure that health stakeholders and all partnerships remain committed to the core principles of Universal Health Care.
Roshani Jain is a Research Assistant for the Strategic Studies Programme, under the Neighbourhood Team. Her research interests include South Asian environmental security and international resource sharing, with a special emphasis on hydro-diplomacy. She is interested in exploring environmental policy discourses ...
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Balfour is director of Carnegie Europe. Her fields of expertise include European politics, institutions, and foreign and security policy. ...
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