The twelfth edition of Europe's World is out. We feel it's fair to say that few if any publications in the field of international relations and policy debate have grown as fast or widened their scope so remarkably as Europe's World.

Europe's World is also adding a new section entitled the Arab World to complement existing sections that as well as covering international and European issues include Security & defence, the Developing World and Sustainable Europe.

 
 
 

Has the crisis shown that “a European economy” is just a pipe dream?

Job losses in the EU, warns BUSINESSEUROPE, are expected to reach 4.5m this year, with Spain and the UK each accounting for almost 1m unemployed people. By 2010 Europe’s unemployment rate could reach 10%. It will not strike every EU country equally, but it is clear that the majority of them will be faced with unemployment rates of over 10% by the end of this year. Forecasted unemployment in countries like Spain could rise to 16-19% by December. Has the crisis shown that “a European economy” is just a pipe dream? 

 


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China and Africa: Whose Opportunity; Whose Challenge?
10/15/2008
Organiser : Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS - Denmark)
 
Background

The African continent may be about to escape the marginalisation from world politics in which the end of the Cold War landed it. Both the Western powers and China seem to be re-engaging with the continent, both economically and politically, driven by humanitarian concerns, concerns for their own security as well economic motives. China seems to be interested in Africa for several reasons: As a market for its industrial products (which tend to be more affordable for African consumers than those from the West) and as a potential source of energy and other resources needed for its economic development. Some see this as the beginning of a new ‘scramble for Africa’ in which China and the powers of the West are likely to collide, whereas others are more optimistic and view the rising China as a future partner, largely sharing the values and concerns of the West.

Taking as her point of departure the China-Africa Summit of November 2006 and the EU-Africa Lisbon Summit of 2007, Professor Maxi Schoeman will compare the two approaches and assess prospects and obstacles to future China-Africa-Europe relations, with a special emphasis on the implications for the African continent.

Maxi Schoeman is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She specialises in continental security issues and African political economy. Schoeman serves on the South African Ministry of Defence’s Transformation Advisory and Monitoring Board and is Deputy Chair of the Institute of Global Dialogue in Midrand, South Africa.


Programme

15.00-15.15
Introduction
Bjørn Møller, Senior Researcher, DIIS

15.15-16.00
China and Africa: Whose Opportunity; Whose Challenge?
Maxi Schoeman, Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa

16.00-16.15
Coffee Break

16.15-17.00
Open Discussion

Chair: Bjørn Møller, Senior Researcher, DIIS


Practical Information

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register here (http://www.diis.dk/sw66683.asp) no later than Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at 12.00 noon.
 
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