Chris Alden is Associate Senior Research Fellow on South African Foreign policy and China-Africa Relations at the South African Institute of International Affairs. He holds a Readership in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He taught International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand from 1990 to 2000 and established the East Asia Project in 1992. He has held fellowships at Cambridge University, Tokyo University, Ecole Normale Superieure, and University of Pretoria. Alden is the author/co-author of numerous books, including Mozambique and the Construction of the New African State (Palgrave 2003), China in Africa (Zed 2007), The South and World Politics (Palgrave 2010), and co-editor of A Mamba e o Dragão: Relações Moçambique-China em perspectiva, Cidadania e Governação em Moçambiqu (IESE/SAIIA 2012), China Returns to Africa (Hurst 2008), as well as articles in internationally recognized journals.
South African Institute of International Affairs
Last Updated: January 23, 2018
The China Africa Project
01.23.18
China’s Evolving Military Strategy in Africa
Chris Alden, a professor of international relations and China-Africa scholar at the London School of Economics, joins Eric and Cobus to discuss his new book, China and Africa: Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent.
The China Africa Project
07.09.15
China, Africa, and the Indian Ocean: A New Balance of Power
For centuries the Indian Ocean was a vital conduit in the British empire, connecting colonies in South Asia with Africa as part of a vast imperial network. Today, the Indian Ocean once again plays as a vital role in an emerging global trading empire...