International Relations in Africa

Session Submission Type: In-Person Created Panel

Session Description

The papers on this panel contribute to the intersecting fields of international politics and African politics. How do regional and subregional organizations determine who will intervene in conflict in Africa? Does natural resource exploration produce negative or positive spillover effects for neighboring countries, or both? Why did approaches to crafting development policy under IMF structural adjustment vary by sector? Who testifies before Congress on Africa?

Sub Unit

• Division 53: African Politics

Cosponsor

• Division 17: International Collaboration

Individual Presentations

• How Natural Resource Use Generates Externalities for Neighboring Countries - John Taden, Pepperdine University

• Explaining IMF Sectoral Development Policies in Kenya and The Gambia - Sarai-Anne Ikenze, Lund University

• Who Testifies Before Congress on Africa? - Carl LeVan, American University

Chair

• Natalie Chwalisz American University

Discussants

• Ryan Saylor University of Tulsa

• Natalie Chwalisz American University