Alden, Christopher


Dr Christopher Alden  

Department

Position held

Department of International Relations

Senior Lecturer in International Relations

Experience keywords:

South Africa; foreign policy analysis; Southern Africa; south-south relations; post-conflict peace building

Research summary > [Click to expand]

Post-conflict peace building; War and Political Violence; Post-conflict peace building; State Formation & Nation-Building; Foreign policy of states in transition; Foreign & Defence Policy; Foreign policy of states in transition; Political Economy of Transition; South-South relations; Political Economy of Development; South-South relations; Political Economy of Development

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Africa; South Africa

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7386

Publications

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2009

Alden, Chris and Hughes, Christopher R. (2009) Harmony and discord in China’s Africa strategy: some implications for foreign policy. China quarterly, 199 pp. 563-584. ISSN 0305-7410

2007

Alden, Christopher (2007) China in Africa. Zed Publishers, London. ISBN 9781842778647

2005

Alden, Christopher and Smith, Karen E. (2005) Strengthening democratic structures and processes in Africa: a commentary on the role of the European Union. In:Os Desafios das Relações Europa-África: Uma Agenda de Prioridades (The Challenges of Europe-Africa Relations: An Agenda of Priorities) (23-24 October 2003 : Lisbon, Portugal).

2003

Alden, Christopher (2003) Let them eat cyberspace: Africa, the G8 and the digital divide. Millennium: journal of international studies, 32 (3). pp. 457-476. ISSN 0305-8298

Alden, Christopher and le Pere, G. (2003) South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy: from reconciliation to renewal? International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, UK

Alden, Christopher and Martin, G, (eds.) (2003) France and South Africa : towards a new engagement with Africa. Protea Press, Johannesburg, SA. ISBN 1869190025

Alden, Christopher and Hirano, K, (eds.) (2003) Distant mirror: Japan and South Africa in a globalising world. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 0754618269

Alden, Christopher and Khalfa, Jean (2003) Afrique du sud: dix ans après. Les temps modernes, 623 ISSN 0040-3075

2002

Alden, Christopher (2002) Making old soldiers fade away: lessons from the reintegration of demobilised soldiers in Mozambique. Security dialogue, 33 (3). pp. 341-356. ISSN 0967-0106

Alden, Christopher (2002) The chrysanthemum and the protea: reinventing Japanese-South African relations after apartheid. African affairs, 101 (404). pp. 365-386. ISSN 0001-9909

2001

Alden, Christopher (2001) Mozambique: a success story in crisis. Global insight, (10). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1607-2375

Alden, Christopher (2001) South Africa and regional crises in SADC: the fable of the elephant and the mouse. Northwestern journal of international affairs, 3 (Summer). pp. 5-19.

Alden, Christopher (2001) Mozambique and the construction of the new African State: from negotiations to nation building. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 0312235941

Alden, Christopher (2001) Solving South Africa's Chinese puzzle: democratic foreign policy making and the "two Chinas" question. In: Broderick, Jim and Burford, Gary and Freer, Gordon and Pahad, Aziz, (eds.) South Africa's foreign policy: dilemmas of a new democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 119-138. ISBN 9780333734032

2000

Alden, Christopher (2000) From neglect to 'virtual engagement': the United States and its new paradigm for Africa. African affairs, 99 (396). pp. 355-371. ISSN 0001-9909

1998

Alden, Christopher (1998) The United Nations, elections and the resolution of conflict in Mozambique. In: Chan, Stephen and Venâncio, Moisés, (eds.) War and Peace in Mozambique, 1984-1994. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 67-97. ISBN 9780312216634

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