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Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany: Politics, Intelligence and Propaganda 1941–43

These case studies reveal how complex dynamics form when old tensions and new opportunities converge. Part three focuses on securitisation and the evolving security terrain in Africa. For Cyril I. Obi, national–global duality in the Niger Delta has affected the distribution of power, creating ethnic minority ‘nationalism’ and contested sovereignties, which in turn shape everyday experiences of Africans. Rita Abrahamsen undertakes a highly engaging study of the rise of the private (global) security industry and the positive impact it is having in Africa, where companies such as CCID/Securicor in South Africa support state security. Jane L. Parpart and Lisa Thompson call on us to rethink urgently how we define security threats and are critical of the continued reluctance to include gendered analyses, even within the field of Critical Security Studies. Security threats such as sexual-based gender violence and HIV/AIDS affect the whole community regardless of whether a country is experiencing war or is ‘at peace’, and there is an assumption that after war societies will return to ‘normal’ (patriarchal) life and ‘traditional’ gender roles. These discussions again point to the inflexibility of state-centric models within IR, and their translation in the policy world. The book concludes with an overview by the editors of the current economic climate within which Africa now operates, the need to break the aid-dependency cycle, and the successful partnerships Africans are forging with states, industry and institutions beyond Africa’s traditional relationship with countries of the North. In this essentially diverse collection of essays tackling a breadth of issues, the key themes of the book are at times obscured and the anthology as a whole would have benefited from more cross-referencing between chapters. The editors call on IR scholars, policymakers and development practitioners to provide African governments with space to establish their own development goals (p. 200). However, more space in the book could have been allocated to African scholars wishing to reflect on the barriers they face in academia around the world today, in addition to a review of progress made in the past 10 years to include African scholars in IR-related research programmes. Overall, this book is of great importance for scholars of African studies and anyone interested in broadening their view of contemporary global politics.