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The adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) and its first Action Plan at the Lisbon Summit in December 2007 represented a moment of great historical significance in Africa-EU relations. It set in motion the most advanced and complex form of interregional relations in world politics. The JAES marks the latest development in a rich, dense, troubled, and sometimes surprising relationship between Europe and Africa; a relationship that has evolved from ancient times to be transformed through the vicissitudes and scars of the colonial enterprise, the fight for independence, World War II, the promises and uncertainties of the postcolonial era, regional integration in Europe and the quest for Africa’s unity, the Cold War, expanding globalization, Africa’s growing agency and reforms, and the current reconfiguration of global power, just to name a few of the fundamental dynamics that have been at play in the relationship.
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Mangala, J. (2013). Africa-EU Strategic Partnership: Significance and Implications. In: Mangala, J. (eds) Africa and the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137269478_1
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