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With Chris Alden (The London School of Economics)
Monday, February 18th, 12:00pm
Truland 540
Arlington Campus
Applying the gradualism characteristic of its approach to policy formulation and implementation, the Chinese policy making community is playing a key role in redefining the contemporary international approach to management of African security dilemmas. By reinterpreting concepts such as liberal peacebuilding, Chinese policy makers have begun a process of reframing established norms on security and development that are more in line with its principles and core interests. This has enabled China to move beyond the constraints of a rhetoric rooted in non-interference in domestic affairs that prohibited involvement in African security issues to a set of practices that allow China to play a more substantive role in security on the continent.
Chris Alden, Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs programme at LSE IDEAS, will discuss China’s engagement with the development of norms on security in Africa.