TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nnadi,Tobias Ifeanyichukwu
AU  - Latif,Dilek
TI  - THE EU-AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
PY  - 2023///
KW  - Partnership
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Equality
N1  - Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research International Relations Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 54-61)
N2  - ABSTRACT
This study examined whether the EU kept its pledge to treat Africa as an equal 
partner in its interactions. The Joint African-EU strategy (JAES 2007) intended to 
depart from the donor-recipient mentality that underpinned earlier interactions as 
evidenced by various treaties. This study examines the JAES's success in achieving 
this goal. Secondary sources were used to conduct this investigation. The study 
conceptualizes equality principle as a circumstance where the stronger counterpart 
does not push their will on the weaker counterpart. Hence, it contends that although 
historically there has been a disparity in relations between the EU and Africa, this is 
mostly because of the EU's continued colonial attitudes of dominance and 
exploitation as well as structural disparities between the two. However, the EU 
through the Joint Africa-EU Strategy has shown its willingness to reset it relationship 
with Africa as one of equal partners by respecting ownership and jointly agreeing on 
what holds in the partnership especially on issues of peace and security and 
democratic governance and human rights.
Keywords: African Union, Equality, European Union, JAES, Partnership
ER  -