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Overview

Chris Alden is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. The primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a research focus spanning several subfields including Development, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Economics and Econometrics.

Their research extensively covers topics such as International Development and Aid, International Relations and Foreign Policy, International Relations in Latin America, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, and Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones.

Recent publications by Chris Alden include:

  • Fitting China in: local elite collusion and contestation along Kenya's standard Gauge Railway, 2022, African Affairs
  • Southern multilateralism from IBSA to NDB: Synergies, continuities and regional options, 2023, Global Policy
  • The Global South and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, 2023, LSE Public Policy Review

Other papers related to their areas of study, though with different lead authors, also appear in venues where Alden frequently publishes, such as Global Policy and African Affairs.

Alden has coauthored works with several researchers including Álvaro Méndez, Oscar M. Otele, Garth le Pere, Hong Liu, and Celia Lee. These collaborations contribute to a multidisciplinary approach within their main and subfields of interest.

The researcher's publications are distributed across several venues, most notably Global Policy, African Affairs, LSE Public Policy Review, Arctic Review on Law and Politics, and The Journal of Modern African Studies.

In addition to journal articles, Alden has contributed to book publications. Notable works include a publication by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks titled China and Latin America (2022) and a book by the European Organization for Nuclear Research on diplomatic relations between Panama and China.

Best Publications

  • China in Africa

    Christopher Alden

  • Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches

    Christopher Alden;Amnon Aran

  • China returns to Africa : a rising power and a continent embrace

    Christopher Alden;Daniel Large;Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

  • The New Diplomacy of the South: South Africa, Brazil, India and trilateralism

    Chris Alden;Marco Antonio Vieira

  • A profile of the operations of Chinese multinationals in Africa

    Chris Alden;Martyn Davies

  • South Africa's economic relations with Africa: hegemony and its discontents

    Chris Alden;Mills Soko

  • History & identity in the construction of China's Africa policy

    Chris Alden;Cristina Alves

  • India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA): South - South Cooperation and the Paradox of Regional Leadership

    Marco Antonio Vieira;Christopher Alden

  • The South in World Politics

    Christopher Alden;Sally Morphet;Marco Antonio Vieira

  • Mozambique and the Construction of the New African State

    Chris Alden

  • South Africa in the company of giants: the search for leadership in a transforming global order

    Christopher Alden;Maxi Schoeman

  • Harmony and Discord in China's Africa Strategy: Some Implications for Foreign Policy

    Chris Alden;Christopher R. Hughes

  • China's Exceptionalism and the Challenges of Delivering Difference in Africa

    Christopher Alden;Dan Large

  • Making Old Soldiers Fade Away: Lessons from the Reintegration of Demobilized Soldiers in Mozambique:

    Christopher Alden

  • South Africa's Post Apartheid Foreign Policy: From Reconciliation to Revival?

    Chris Alden;Garth le Pere

  • China and Africa's Natural Resources: The Challenges and Implications for Development and Governance

    Chris Alden

  • South Africa in Africa: Bound To Lead?

    Chris Alden;Garth Le Pere

  • South Africa’s symbolic hegemony in Africa

    Christopher Alden;Maxi Schoeman

  • South Africa's Post-Apartheid Foreign Policy: From Reconciliation to Ambiguity?

    Chris Alden;Garth le Pere

  • Apartheid's Last Stand: The Rise and Fall of the South African Security State

    Chris Alden

  • New Directions in Africa–China Studies

    Chris Alden;Daniel Large

  • Mozambique: a Delicate Peace

    Chris Alden;Mark Simpson

  • Mozambique and the Construction of the New African State: From Negotiations to Nation Building

    Christopher Alden

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