Other Publications (Non-Refereed / Popular Articles)

  1. ‘Revisiting Africa’s Stalled Decolonization: A Response’, www.afronomicslaw.org (Chicago), October 29, 2020.
  2. ‘Robert Mugabe: Hero or Villain?’, Valdai Discussion Club (Moscow), September 9, 2019.
  3. ‘James J. Hentz (1955-2018)’, African Security, vol. 11, no. 2, 2018, p. 109.
  4. ‘The Other Side of China’s Role in South Africa’, China Policy Institute: Analysis, April 26, 2018, p. 1-2.
  5. ‘Africa’s Untapped Zionists’, Israel Today (Jerusalem), April 2017, p. 22.
  6. ‘The Indian Diaspora in South Africa: A Critical View’, FPRC Journal (New Delhi), no. 4, 2015, pp. 24-31.
  7. ‘Africa Rising: Essentiellement une diversification de la dépendance’, L’Express de Madagascar (Antananarivo), November 3, 2015, p. 14.
  8. ‘FOCAC VI: The Chinese Dream Meets African Realities?’, China Monitor (Stellenbosch), July 2015, pp. 24-31.
  9. ‘Of Big Men and Big Ideas: NEPAD’s African Peer Review Mechanism: A Response to Elaine Tan’, Global Discourse, vol. 5, no. 3, 2015, pp. 412-414.
  10. ‘Chinese Ties in Africa Normalise’, China Policy Institute (Nottingham), March 3, 2015.
  11. ‘Je suis aussi Baga’, Democracy in Africa (Oxford), January 12, 2015.
  12. ‘Egyszer Volt, Hol Nem Volt…„Afrika Felelmelkedésének” Története’, Afrika Tanulmányokfolyóirat (Pécs), vol. 8, no. 4, 2014, pp. 1-5.
  13. ‘China in Africa: Reproducing Dependency?’, St Andrews Foreign Affairs Review, October 3, 2014.
  14. ‘Calls for Military Action Bring Troubling Dimension to Political Crisis in Lesotho’, Global Observatory, September 16, 2014.
  15. ‘The “Coup” in Lesotho: The Politics of Permanent Crises’, PSA Blog, www.psa.ac.uk, September 2, 2014.
  16. ‘Hypocrisy and Forgetfulness: The Critique of State Capitalism’, Democracy in Africa, August 19, 2014.
  17. ‘African Development Bank Group’, Oxford Analytica, August 11, 2014.
  18. ‘Regional Governance in Africa’, R/evolutions: Global Trends & Regional Issues, vol. 2, issue 1, 2014, pp. 222-240.
  19. ‘Africa and American Energy Interests’, New Realities: Energy Security in the 2010s and Implications for the U.S. Military: Executive Summaries, Carlisle, PA: US Army War College, January 2014, pp. 11-13.
  20. ‘African Unity at 50: From Non-Interference to Non-Indifference’, e-IR (Oxford), June 25, 2013.
  21. ‘The OAU at 50’, BBC News Online (London), March 24, 2013.
  22. [interview] ‘Chinese Companies set the Pace’, China Daily (Beijing), March 29, 2013, p. 32.
  23. ‘New Dynamics of the India-Africa Partnership’, The Diplomatist (New Delhi), January 2013, pp. 5-7.
  24. ‘As Africa Rises, the Rest of the World Recalibrates’, Sunday Guardian (New Delhi), February 17, 2013, p. 6.
  25. ‘Chinese Criminal Gangs in Angola: Beijing Responds’, South African Foreign Policy Initiative (Cape Town), August 27, 2012.
  26. ‘Why do African Presidents Die Abroad?’, South African Foreign Policy Initiative (Cape Town), August 23, 2012.
  27. ‘Have the BRICS Killed IBSA?’, South African Foreign Policy Initiative (Cape Town), August 16, 2012.
  28. ‘From Santa Claus to Serious Business: Where Should FOCAC Go Next?’, China Monitor (Stellenbosch), July 19-20, 2012, pp. 31-38.
  29. ‘Sino-African Relations and the United States’, China-US Focus (Hong Kong), July 9, 2012.
  30. ‘China’s Relations with Africa and the American Context‘, e-IR (Oxford), January 18, 2012.
  31. ‘The African Dream’, Perspective (Oslo), no. 1, 2011, pp. 30-50.
  32. ‘China’s Challenges: Africa’, The Diplomat (Tokyo), February 14-20, 2011, p. 8.
  33. ‘The EU’s Perceptions and Interests Towards China’s Rising Influence on Human Rights in Africa’, EU China Observer (Brussels), issue 2, 2010, p. 23.
  34. ‘Close Look Reveals African Ties No Oil Safari’, China Daily (Beijing), February 20, 2009, p. 9.
  35. ‘China’s Maturing Foreign Policy: Implications for Africa: A Response to Chris Colley’, Pambazuka News (Cape Town), November 3, 2008, pp. 1-3.
  36. ‘China’s Role in Peacekeeping in Africa’, China Monitor (Stellenbosch), issue 33, September 2008, pp. 6-9.
  37. ‘Chinesische Firmen in Afrika’, Rote-Fahne (Essen), no. 32, 2008, p. 12.
  38. ‘Common Sense About China’s Ties with Africa‘, Center for Strategic and International Studies Africa Policy Forum, (Washington DC), April 28, 2008.
  39. ‘Military Takes Over in Zimbabwe’, The Scotsman (Edinburgh), March 19, 2008, pp. 28-29.
  40. ‘China’s Ties with Africa: Beyond the Hysteria’, e-IR (Oxford), March 15, 2008.
  41. ‘The Future of China’s Overseas Peacekeeping Operations’, China Brief (Washington DC), vol. 8, issue 6, March 14, 2008, pp. 7-9.
  42. ‘Misplaced Confidence in Aid’, Development and Cooperation (Berlin), vol. 35, January 2008, p. 42.
  43. ‘Chinese Involvement in Africa’s Oil Industries’, Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, vol. 6, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-13.
  44. ‘Sino-Nigerian Relations: FTZs, Textiles and Oil’, China Brief (Washington DC), vol. 7, issue 11, May 2007, pp. 11-13.
  45. ‘China’s Arms Sales to Africa: Beijing’s Reputation at Risk’, China Brief (Washington DC), vol. 7, issue 7, April 2007, pp. 10-11.
  46. ‘Growing Afro-Asian Ties: Opportunities for Future Research’, OSSREA Bulletin (Addis Ababa), vol. 4, no.1, 2007, pp. 14-17.
  47. ‘China’s Safari: Part Boon, Part Bane’, Asian Affairs (London), March 2007, pp. 15-16.
  48. ‘China and Africa: The Real Barriers to Win-Win’, Foreign Policy in Focus, (Washington, DC), March 9, 2007.
  49. ‘China’s Environmental Footprint in Africa’, Chinadialogue, (London), February 2, 2007.
  50. ‘China’s Oil Diplomacy in Sudan: The Implications for Darfur’, Young Europeans for Security (Copenhagen), January 2007, p. 9.
  51. ‘China’s African Policy in Historical Perspective: From Neglect to Dynamic Interaction’, Inside AISA (Pretoria), numbers 3 & 4, October/December 2006, pp. 2-3.
  52. ‘China’s African Rise: The Democracy Dimension’, Open Democracy (London), November 2, 2006.
  53. (with Patrick Smith) ‘Africa-Asia: More Business than Bandung’, Africa Report (Paris), no. 2, March 2006, pp. 16-22.
  54. ‘Comparative Developmental States in Africa: The Call for a Research Agenda’, OSSREA Bulletin (Addis Ababa), vol. 3, no.1, 2006, pp. 36-49.
  55. ‘Can Africa Produce Developmental States?’, CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar), nos. 3 and 4, 2005, pp. 51-52.
  56. ‘Beijing’s Arms and Oil Interests in Africa’, China Brief (Washington DC), vol. 5, no. 21, October 13, 2005, pp. 4-6.
  57. ‘Enter the Dragon: China’s Growing Presence in Africa’, Africa Week, September 2005, pp. 7-8 (slightly revised version also published in OSSREA Bulletin (Addis Ababa), vol. 2, no.3, 2005, pp. 45-48.
  58. ‘Britain/Africa: Unkindest Cuts’, Africa Confidential Record (London), vol. 46, no. 14, 2005, pp. 1-2.
  59. ‘China-Africa: Who’s Using Whom?’, Africa Report (Paris), no. 1, 2005, pp. 26-28.
  60. ‘Botswana: No Model for Africa’, Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg), March 11, 2005, p. 11 (also as ‘Presidensiële opvolging in Botswana: Geen model vir Afrika nie’, Vryeafrikaan (Pretoria) March 29, 2005).
  61. (with Kenneth Good) ‘Inside the African Miracle’, Star (Johannesburg) March 8, 2005, p. 4.
  62. (with Kenneth Good) ‘What Democracy?’, Mmegi (Gaborone), February 24, 2005, p. 3.
  63. ‘Why NEPAD and African Politics Don’t Mix’, Foreign Policy in Focus (Washington DC), February 16, 2004 (reprinted in The Statesman (Accra), May 3, 2007).
  64. ‘The African Union: The Challenge for Civil Society’, OSSREA Newsletter (Addis Ababa), vol. 21, no.2, 2003, pp. 15-19.
  65. ‘The New Economic Partnership for Africa’, Contemporary Review (London), vol. 282, no. 1648, May 2003, pp. 281-285.
  66. ‘Taking the Shine Off of Botswana’s Glittering Diamonds’, Africa Pulse (Johannesburg), March 24, 2003.
  67. ‘US Streets Not Paved with Gold’, Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg) January 24-30, 2003, p. 23.
  68. ‘NEPAD: Towards the African Century or Another False Start?’, African Agenda (Accra), vol. 5, nos. 2 and 3, 2003, pp. 10-12.
  69. ‘Is NEPAD Just a Toothless Blueprint?’, Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) November 8, 2002, p. 13.
  70. ‘Mbeki, Obasanjo Not Committed to NEPAD Values’, Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) September 27, 2002, p. 13.
  71. ‘Zambia’s Future After its Elections’, Contemporary Review (London), vol. 280, no. 1634, March 2002, pp. 142-145.
  72. ‘The “Blind Spot” in the Recent Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo’, Environment, Development and Conflict News, (Gothenburg), June 12, 2001.
  73. ‘Mbeki’s “New Diplomacy”‘, Southern African Political and Economic Monthly (Harare), vol. 14, no. 2, November/December 2000, pp. 13-14.
  74. ‘Big-bang Approach Can Leave SDIs Shattered’, Sunday Independent (Johannesburg), October 22, 2000, p. 7.
  75. (with Philip Nel) ‘Mbeki’s Global Initiative: The Limits of a Reformist Agenda’, Institute for Futures Research—Strategy Insights (Stellenbosch), vol. 10, no. 7, July 2000, pp. 1-4.
  76. (with Joanne Taylor) ‘Libya: In the Sea of Sand’, Africa Environment and Wildlife (Cape Town), vol. 8, no. 7, August 2000, pp. 42-53.
  77. ‘China’s New Prime Minister’, Contemporary Review (London), vol. 272, no. 1589, June 1998, pp. 291-294.
  78. ‘China’s New Leadership Faces Tough Issues in the Next Century’, South African Institute of International Affairs, International Policy Update (Johannesburg), no. 8, 1998, 3 pp.
  79. ‘Security Issues Cloud ASEAN’s 30th Birthday Celebrations’, South African Institute of International Affairs Review (Johannesburg), vol. 6, no. 1, 1998, p. 4.
  80. ‘Zambia’s Privatisation Continues Apace’, South African Institute of International Affairs, International Policy Update (Johannesburg), no. 3, 1998, 3 pp.
  81. ‘Zambia and the Foreign Policy of Alienation’, Contemporary Review (London), vol. 271, no. 1582, November 1997, pp. 238-241.
  82. ‘South Africa and the United Nations Security Council: Between the Desirable and the Possible’, Global Dialogue (Johannesburg), vol. 2, no. 3, October 1997, pp. 4-5.
  83. ‘Zambia’s Diplomacy in Disarray’, South African Institute of International Affairs, International Policy Update (Johannesburg), no. 17, 1997, 3 pp.
  84. ‘The Two Chinas Compete in Africa’, Contemporary Review (London), vol. 271, no. 1581, October 1997, pp. 192-194.
  85. ‘The Republic of South Africa and the Non-Aligned Movement’, Review of International Affairs (Belgrade), vol. 48, September 1997, pp. 3-4.
  86. ‘Chinese Dollar Diplomacy in Africa’, Southern African Political and Economic Monthly (Harare), vol. 10, no. 10, July 15-August 15, 1997, pp. 23-24.