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International Dialogue

International Dialogue

Manfred Wogugu

Abstract

The issue of central concern for the editors and contributing authors of this book is whether Africa’s emergence on the world political scene will usher in the enabling environment for sustainable broad-spectrum development in the political, socio-economic, cultural and environmental spheres. The authors also make an attempt to address the issue of economic growth for the region. The underlying assumption is that the spread of economic growth to all countries in the continent, if it prevails, will reduce poverty and inequality and ultimately improve the quality of life for Africans. Against the backdrop of the global economic and political order ushered in by the emerging power of the G-20 countries, including those in the Global South, Africa’s engagement in a changing world order, is therefore contingent on the continent’s ability to emerge from “marginalization to greater economic prominence in the world stage.” As scholars of African and international politics, the editors sound an optimistic note highlighting their attempt to “broaden and deepen understanding of the human condition in Africa” and indeed, to a brighter future for its people and their countries.” Contextually, the human condition in Africa and prospects for a brighter future for African peoples and their countries is the central organizing theme for the book. To accomplish this objective, the book assembles and addresses a kaleidoscopic array of issues which are organized in four main themes, ranging chronologically from (1) Engaging a Changing Global Order, (2) Historical Parameters, (3) African States and the State System, to (4) Global Engagement. Fourteen essays reflecting the complex, multidimensional, and intellectually challenging issues of Africa’s global engagement post-Cold War withdrawal of the major powers, were selected

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