TY - GEN AB - This book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international relations. Nevertheless, even 60 years after gaining their independence, most of them are confronted with regional and global issues that are directly related to their colonial past and its influence. Due to Africa's wealth of natural and geopolitical resources, the possibility of interference in the internal affairs of African countries on the part of new and traditional global actors remains very real. Leading Africanists, together with international scholars from both international relations and African studies, examine the experience of decolonization, the impact of the emergence of a unipolar world on the African continent, and the growing influence of new international actors on the African continent in the twenty-first century. In addition, the importance of African countries' foreign policy concepts and ideological attitudes in the post-bipolar period is revealed. AU - Vasiliev, Alexey M., AU - Degterev, D. A. AU - Shaw, Timothy M., CN - DT31 DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-77336-6 DO - doi ID - 1439752 KW - International relations. KW - Decolonization KW - Relations internationales. KW - Décolonisation LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-77336-6 N2 - This book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international relations. Nevertheless, even 60 years after gaining their independence, most of them are confronted with regional and global issues that are directly related to their colonial past and its influence. Due to Africa's wealth of natural and geopolitical resources, the possibility of interference in the internal affairs of African countries on the part of new and traditional global actors remains very real. Leading Africanists, together with international scholars from both international relations and African studies, examine the experience of decolonization, the impact of the emergence of a unipolar world on the African continent, and the growing influence of new international actors on the African continent in the twenty-first century. In addition, the importance of African countries' foreign policy concepts and ideological attitudes in the post-bipolar period is revealed. SN - 9783030773366 SN - 3030773361 T1 - Africa and the formation of the new system of international relations :rethinking decolonialization and foreign policy concepts / TI - Africa and the formation of the new system of international relations :rethinking decolonialization and foreign policy concepts / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-77336-6 ER -