Alden, Christopher

Number of items: 102.
International Development
  • Alden, Chris (2010). ‘A pariah in our midst’: regional organisations and the problematic of Western-designated pariah regimes – the cases of SADC/Zimbabwe and ASEAN/Myanmar. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 2 73). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Onslow, Sue, Jerven, Morten, Shepherd, Ben, Alden, Christopher, Vines, Alex, Chitiyo, Knox (2010). Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world. (IDEAS reports - strategic updates SU004). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • International Relations
  • Alden, Chris, Chan, Kenddrick (2025). China and the G7. In Freytag, A. & Draper, P. (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to the G7 (pp. 245-259). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035302116.00024
  • Süsler, Buğra, Alden, Christopher (2025). Brokering peace: emerging middle powers, agency and mediation. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.70100 picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Schoeman, Maxi (2025). Being Africa’s BRIC(S) South Africa’s foreign policy turn from ‘neo-liberalism’ to the ‘new era’. South African Journal of International Affairs, 32(1-2), 71 - 90. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2025.2503212 picture_as_pdf
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2025). China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence. In Open Access Government: Asia Analysis . Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd.
  • Alden, Christopher, Chan, Kenddrick (2024). Middle powers and international law: a bulwark against Thucydides Trap. ThinkChina,
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2024). Tit-for-tat diplomacy will Brazil join China’s Belt and Road Initiative? China Global South Project,
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Chris (2024). Panama, Ecuador, and China: the dangers of short-term calculations. United States Institute of Peace Press.
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (15 July 2024) China rising, Latin America swooning. Royal Society for Asian Affairs blog.
  • Alden, Chris, Ocquaye, Nathaniel (2024). Relocating African agency: assessing the role of ‘local patrons’ and Chinese enterprises in the construction sector in Ghana. Leadership and Developing Societies, 6(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.47697/lds.35350000 picture_as_pdf
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2024). China y América Latina: historia, comercio y geopolítica. In Jose Rugeles, A. (Ed.), América Latina: la visión de sus líderes (pp. 897 - 904). Planeta. picture_as_pdf
  • Alves, Ana Cristina, Alden, Christopher (2024). China’s economic and trade cooperation zones in Africa: from static model emulation to dynamic learning. Area Development and Policy, 9(2), 268 - 290. https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2023.2300988 picture_as_pdf
  • Schoeman, Maxi, Alden, Chris (2024). The rise of multiplexity and a future of world order/s. In Economic Shocks and Globalisation: Between Deglobalisation and Slowbalisation (pp. 183-203). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003460459-11 picture_as_pdf
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2023). Latin America’s diplomacy: balancing EU and China with Mercosur. China Global South Project,
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (2023). Of choke points, copper mines and China. China Global South Project,
  • Alden, Christopher, le Pere, Garth (2023). Southern multilateralism from IBSA to NDB: synergies, continuities, and regional options. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13246 picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Martin, Mary, Chan, Kenddrick (2023). Enhancing efforts at global digital governance: recommendations to the G20. (T20 Policy Briefs). Think20. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Méndez, Álvaro (2023). Ecuador’s new free trade pact with China provokes lots of excitement and even more questions. China Global South Project,
  • Chan, Kenddrick, Alden, Chris (2023). <Redirecting> the diaspora: China's united front work and the hyperlink networks of diasporic Chinese websites in cyberspace. Political Research Exchange, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2023.2179409 picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher (2023). China’s Free Trade Agreements in the Global South: Quito and Beijing. China Global South Project,
  • Alden, Christopher, Mendez, Alvaro (2023). China and Latin America: development, agency and geopolitics. Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350236950
  • Süsler, Buǧra, Alden, Chris (2022). Turkey and African agency: the role of Islam and commercialism in Turkey's Africa policy. Journal of Modern African Studies, 60(4), 597 - 617. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X22000349 picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Chris, Otele, Oscar M. (2022). Fitting China in: local elite collusion and contestation along Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway. African Affairs, 121(484), 443 - 466. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adac026 picture_as_pdf
  • Liu, Hong, Lee, Celia, Alden, Chris (2022). The dynamics of governance and sustainable development goals in the Global South. Global Policy, 13(S1), 5 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13075
  • Alden, Christopher, Paduano, Stephen, Qobo, Mzukisi, Fiala, Lukas, Gagliardone, Ignio, Wu, Yu-Shan, Gautel, Gidon, Benbadallah, Lina (2021). FOCAC at 21: future trajectories of China-Africa relations. (LSE IDEAS Reports). LSE Ideas. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Chan, Kenddrick (9 June 2021) Twitter and digital diplomacy: China and COVID-19. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Chan, Kenddrick (2021). Twitter and digital diplomacy: China and COVID-19. (Strategic Updates June 2021). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Harvey, Ross (2021). Chinese transnational criminal organisations and the illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania. European Review of Organised Crime, 5(1), 5-35.
  • Pursiainen, Christer, Alden, Chris, Bertelsen, Rasmus (2021). The arctic and Africa in China’s foreign policy how different are they and what does this tell us? Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 12, 31-55. https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v12.2440 picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Chris, Wu, Yu-Shan (2021). Introduction. In Alden, C. & Wu, Y. (Eds.), South Africa–China Relations: A Partnership of Paradoxes (pp. 1 - 10). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54768-4_1
  • Alden, Chris, Wu, Yu-Shan (2021). Leadership, global agendas and domestic determinants of South Africa’s foreign policy towards China: the Zuma and Ramaphosa years. In Alden, C. & Wu, Y. (Eds.), South Africa–China Relations: A Partnership of Paradoxes (pp. 37 - 63). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54768-4_3
  • Alden, Chris, Wu, Yu-Shan (Eds.) (2021). South Africa–China relations: a partnership of paradoxes. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54768-4
  • Harding, Angela, Jiang, Lu, Anseeuw, Ward, Alden, Chris (2021). The drive for Chinese investments in agriculture: comparing South Africa to the continent. In Alden, C. & Wu, Y. (Eds.), South Africa–China Relations: A Partnership of Paradoxes (pp. 179 - 198). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54768-4_9
  • Alden, Christopher, Mendez, Alvaro (2021). Comparative study of Costa Rica, Argentina, Malaysia, Djibouti and their complex relationship with China: advantages, disadvantages and lessons learned. (LSE Global South Unit Working Paper Series 05/2021). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher, Carlos Herrera, Luis, Montenegro, Markelda, Torres–Lista, Virginia (2021). New diplomatic relations between Panama and China: geopolitical and socioeconomic implications. CENICS. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher, Carlos Herrera, Luis, Montenegro, Markelda, Torres–Lista, Virginia (2021). Nuevas relaciones diplomáticas entre Panamá y China: implicaciones geopolíticas y socioeconómicas. CENICS. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Fiala, Lukas, Krol, Eric, Whittle, Robert (2020). Wings along the BRI exporting Chinese UCAVs and security? (Strategic Updates May 2020). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher (2020). Understanding debt and diplomacy: China, 'debt traps' and development in the Global South. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Dan, Mendez, Alvaro (2019). The western way of development: a critical review. In Jing, Y., Mendez, A. & Zheng, Y. (Eds.), New development assistance: emerging economies and the new landscape of development assistance (pp. 19-38). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher (2019). Introducción: Análisis de la Política Exterior de Perú hacia China en el siglo XXI. In Mendez, A., Alcade, J. & Alden, C. (Eds.), La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI (pp. 13-24). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Alcade, Javier, Alden, Christopher, Guerra-Barón, Angélica, Mendez, Alvaro (2019). La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Mendez, Alvaro, Alden, Christopher (2019). Perú, China y la nueva multipolaridad: Perú, China y la nueva multipolaridad – navegar en la política internacional en tiempos inciertos. In Mendez, A., Alcade, J. & Alden, C. (Eds.), La conexión China en la Política Exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI (pp. 278-307). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Jiang, Lu (2019). Brave new world: debt, industrialization and security in China–Africa relations. International Affairs, 95(3), 641-657. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiz083 description
  • Schenoni, Luis L., Belém Lopes, Dawisson, Casarões, Guilherme (2019). Myths of multipolarity: the sources of Brazilian overexpansion. (LSE Global South Unit Working Paper 1/2019). LSE Ideas. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, C., Alao, A., Chun, Z., Barber, L. (Eds.) (2017). China and Africa: building peace and security cooperation on the continent. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Alden, Chris (2017). Critiques of the rational actor model and foreign policy decision making. In Thompson, W. R. & Capelos, T. (Eds.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics . Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.474
  • Alden, Chris, Chichava, Sérgio, Alves, Ana Christina (Eds.) (2017). Mozambique and Brazil: forging new partnerships or developing dependency? Jacana (Organization).
  • Alden, Christopher, Alves, Ana Cristina (2017). China’s regional forum diplomacy in the developing world socialisation and the ‘Sinosphere'. Journal of Contemporary China, 26(103), 151 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2016.1206276
  • Alden, Chris, Wu, Yu-Shan (2016). South African foreign policy and China: converging visions, competing interests, contested identities. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54(2), 203-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2016.1151170
  • Alden, Christopher, Schoeman, Maxi (2015). Reconstructing South African identity through global summitry. Global Summitry, 1(2), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/global/guw001
  • Alden, Christopher, Schoeman, Maxi (2014). South Africa’s symbolic hegemony in Africa. International Politics, 52(2), 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2014.47
  • Alden, Christopher, Schoeman, Maxi (2013). South Africa in the company of giants: the search for leadership in a transforming global order. International Affairs, 89(1), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12007
  • Alden, Christopher (2013). China and the long march into African agriculture. Cahiers Agricultures, 22(1), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.1684/agr.2012.0600
  • Alden, Christopher (2012). China and Africa: a distant mirror of Latin America. Colombia Internacional, 75, 19-47. https://doi.org/10.7440/colombint75.2012.02
  • Alden, Christopher (2012). China and Africa: the relationship matures. Strategic Analysis, 36(5), 701-707. https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2012.712365
  • Alden, Christopher, Aran, Amnon (2012). Foreign policy analysis: new approaches. Routledge.
  • Vieira, Marco Antonio, Alden, Christopher (2011). India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA): South-South cooperation and the paradox of regional leadership. Global Governance, 17(4), 507-528. https://doi.org/10.5555/1075-2846-17.4.507
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Dan (2011). China's exceptionalism and the challenges of delivering difference in Africa. Journal of Contemporary China, 20(68), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2011.520844
  • Anseeuw, Ward, Alden, Christopher (2010). Land, liberation and compromise in Southern Africa.
  • Alden, Christopher, Le Pere, Garth (2010). Strategic Posture Review: South Africa. (Strategic Posture Review). World Politics Review.
  • Onslow, Sue, Jerven, Morten, Shepherd, Ben, Alden, Christopher, Vines, Alex, Chitiyo, Knox (2010). Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world. (IDEAS reports - strategic updates SU004). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Alden, Christopher (2010). Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world: emerging powers and Africa. (IDEAS reports - strategic updates SU004). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Alden, Christopher, Morphet, Sally, Vieira, Marco Antonio (2010). The South in world politics. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281196
  • Alden, Christopher, Khalfa, Jean, Park, Yoon Jung (2010). La Chine en Afrique. Les Temps Modernes, (657), 23-27.
  • Alden, Christopher, Alves, Ana Christina (2010). La Chine et les ressources naturelles de l'afrique. Les Temps Modernes, (657), 28-51.
  • Anseeuw, Ward, Alden, Christopher (Eds.) (2010). The struggle over land in Africa: conflicts, politics & change. Human Sciences Research Council.
  • Alden, Christopher, Anseeuw, Ward (2009). Land, liberation and compromise in Southern Africa. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250970
  • Alden, Christopher, Sidiropoulos, Elizabeth (2009). Africa-China-EU cooperation in Africa: prospects and pitfalls. Policy Notes, 2009(11), 1-5.
  • Alden, Chris, Hughes, Christopher R. (2009). Harmony and discord in China’s Africa strategy: some implications for foreign policy. China Quarterly, 199, 563-584. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741009990105
  • Garth, Le Pere, Alden, Christopher (2009). South Africa in Africa: bound to lead? Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, 36(1), 145-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340903155443
  • Alden, Christopher (2009). Emerging powers and Africa: a comparison of modes of engagement pursued by China, India and Brazil. Global Review, 2, 62-74.
  • Alden, Christopher (2009). Las nuevas relaciones de China con Africa. In Paz, G. & Roett, R. (Eds.), La Presencia De China En El Himesferio Occidental (pp. 263-290). Libros del Zorzal (Firm).
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Daniel, Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo (Eds.) (2008). China returns to Africa: a rising power and a continent embrace. Columbia University Press.
  • Alden, Christopher, Alves, Ana Cristina (2008). History and identity in the construction of China's Africa policy. Review of African Political Economy, 35(115), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056240802011436
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Dan, Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo (2008). Chine-Afrique: facteur et résultante de la dynamique mondiale. Afrique Contemporaine, 228(4), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.3917/afco.228.0119
  • Alden, Christopher (2008). Delineando il futuro della Cina in Africa. Afriche e Orienti, 2008(2), 5-14.
  • Alden, Christopher (2007). China in Africa. Zed Books.
  • Porto, João Gomes, Parsons, Imogen, Alden, Chris (2007). From soldiers to citizens: the social, economic and political reintegration of Unita ex-combatants. (ISS Monograph series). Institute for Security Studies (South Africa).
  • Alden, Chris, Davies, Martyn (2006). A profile of the operations of Chinese multinationals in Africa. South African Journal of International Affairs, 13(1), 83 - 96. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220460609556787
  • Alden, Chris, Vieira, Marco Antonio (2005). The new diplomacy of the South: South Africa, Brazil, India and trilateralism. Third World Quarterly, 26(7), 1077 - 1095. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590500235678
  • Alden, Chris (2005). China in Africa. Survival, 47(3), 147 - 164. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396330500248086
  • Alden, Chris, Soko, Mills (2005). South Africa's economic relations with Africa: hegemony and its discontents. Journal of Modern African Studies, 43(3), 367 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X05001011
  • Alden, Christopher, Smith, Karen E. (2003-10-23 - 2003-10-24) Strengthening democratic structures and processes in Africa: a commentary on the role of the European Union [Paper]. Os Desafios das Relações Europa-África: Uma Agenda de Prioridades (The Challenges of Europe-Africa Relations: An Agenda of Priorities), Lisbon, Portugal, PRT.
  • Alden, Christopher (2003). Let them eat cyberspace: Africa, the G8 and the digital divide. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 32(3), 457-476.
  • Alden, Christopher, Khalfa, Jean (2003). Afrique du sud: dix ans après. Les Temps Modernes, 623,
  • Alden, Christopher, Hirano, K (Eds.) (2003). Distant mirror: Japan and South Africa in a globalising world. Ashgate Dartmouth.
  • Alden, Christopher, Martin, G (Eds.) (2003). France and South Africa : towards a new engagement with Africa. Protea Press.
  • Alden, Christopher, le Pere, G. (2003). South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy: from reconciliation to renewal? (Adelphi paper 362). International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  • Alden, Christopher (2002). Making old soldiers fade away: lessons from the reintegration of demobilised soldiers in Mozambique. Security Dialogue, 33(3), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010602033003008
  • Alden, Christopher (2002). The chrysanthemum and the protea: reinventing Japanese-South African relations after apartheid. African Affairs, 101(404), 365-386. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/101.404.365
  • Alden, Christopher (2001). Mozambique: a success story in crisis. Global Insight, (10), 1-4.
  • Alden, Christopher (2001). Mozambique and the construction of the new African State: from negotiations to nation building. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Alden, Christopher (2001). Solving South Africa's Chinese puzzle: democratic foreign policy making and the "two Chinas" question. In Broderick, J., Burford, G., Freer, G. & Pahad, A. (Eds.), South Africa's Foreign Policy: Dilemmas of a New Democracy (pp. 119-138). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 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), 5-19.
  • Alden, Christopher (2000). From neglect to 'virtual engagement': the United States and its new paradigm for Africa. African Affairs, 99(396), 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/99.396.355
  • Alden, Christopher, Khalfa, Jean (1999). La transición sudafricana. Letras Libres, 1(8), 110-112.
  • Alden, Christopher (1998). The United Nations, elections and the resolution of conflict in Mozambique. In Chan, S. & Venâncio, M. (Eds.), War and Peace in Mozambique, 1984-1994 (pp. 67-97). Palgrave Macmillan.
    • LSE
  • Alden, Christopher, Paduano, Stephen, Qobo, Mzukisi, Fiala, Lukas, Gagliardone, Ignio, Wu, Yu-Shan, Gautel, Gidon, Benbadallah, Lina (2021). FOCAC at 21: future trajectories of China-Africa relations. (LSE IDEAS Reports). LSE Ideas. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Large, Dan (2015). On becoming a norms maker: Chinese foreign policy, norms evolution and the challenges of security in Africa. China Quarterly, 221, 123-142. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741015000028
  • Alden, Christopher, Park, Yoon Jung (2013). Upstairs and downstairs dimensions of China and the Chinese in South Africa. In Pillay, U., Jansen, J. P., Nyamnjoh, F. & Hagg, G. (Eds.), State of the nation: South Africa 2012-2013 . Human Sciences Research Council.
  • Alden, Christopher, Clerx, Faten Aggard (2012). Chinese investment in North Africa should be viewed as an opportunity not a threat.
  • Alden, Christopher (2012). Africa and China: Will Africa be affected by the slowdown in China’s economic growth?
  • Alden, Christopher (2012). Africa and China: How it all began.
    • LSE IDEAS
  • Alden, Chris, Chan, Kenddrick (2025). China and the G7. In Freytag, A. & Draper, P. (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to the G7 (pp. 245-259). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035302116.00024
  • Méndez, Álvaro, Alden, Christopher (2025). China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence. In Open Access Government: Asia Analysis . Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd.
  • Alden, Christopher, Chan, Kenddrick (2024). Middle powers and international law: a bulwark against Thucydides Trap. ThinkChina,
  • Alden, Christopher, Fiala, Lukas, Krol, Eric, Whittle, Robert (2020). Wings along the BRI exporting Chinese UCAVs and security? (Strategic Updates May 2020). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Alden, Christopher, Schoeman, Maxi (2015). Reconstructing South African identity through global summitry. Global Summitry, 1(2), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/global/guw001
  • Anseeuw, Ward, Alden, Christopher (2010). Land, liberation and compromise in Southern Africa.
  • Onslow, Sue, Jerven, Morten, Shepherd, Ben, Alden, Christopher, Vines, Alex, Chitiyo, Knox (2010). Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world. (IDEAS reports - strategic updates SU004). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Alden, Christopher (2010). Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world: emerging powers and Africa. (IDEAS reports - strategic updates SU004). LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Social Policy
  • Alden, Chris, Ocquaye, Nathaniel (2024). Relocating African agency: assessing the role of ‘local patrons’ and Chinese enterprises in the construction sector in Ghana. Leadership and Developing Societies, 6(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.47697/lds.35350000 picture_as_pdf