Africa and the middle east: Shifting alliances and strategic partnerships

Document Type

Book Chapter

Source of Publication

Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

© The Author(s) 2018. Traces the Cold War-era Afro-Arab cooperation as tied to the Arabs’ support for Africa’s struggles against racism and colonialism and the joint condemnation of Israel’s expansionist policies against the Palestine people at the United Nations. Turkey’s new Africa policy, however, has sought to strengthen its diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties with the continent. Much of the trade of the Middle East (Iran, Turkey, and Israel) in sub-Saharan Africa is with South Africa. The authors therefore argue that trade is the starting point, and there are still many opportunities to strengthen relations further between the Middle East and African countries, such as linking infrastructure for trade corridors, but more needs to be done by both parties to tap into these opportunities.

ISBN

9783319625904

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

First Page

335

Last Page

357

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Scopus ID

85042588227

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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