top of page
APN
  • Instagram
  • X
  • Youtube
Video Title
00:23
Video Title
This is a great space to update your audience with a description of your video. Include information like what the video is about, who produced it, where it was filmed, and why it’s a must-see for viewers. Remember this is a showcase for your professional work, so be sure to use intriguing language that engages viewers and invites them to sit back and enjoy.
Video Title
00:32
Video Title
This is a great space to update your audience with a description of your video. Include information like what the video is about, who produced it, where it was filmed, and why it’s a must-see for viewers. Remember this is a showcase for your professional work, so be sure to use intriguing language that engages viewers and invites them to sit back and enjoy.
Video Title
00:29
Video Title
This is a great space to update your audience with a description of your video. Include information like what the video is about, who produced it, where it was filmed, and why it’s a must-see for viewers. Remember this is a showcase for your professional work, so be sure to use intriguing language that engages viewers and invites them to sit back and enjoy.
Video Title
00:31
Video Title
This is a great space to update your audience with a description of your video. Include information like what the video is about, who produced it, where it was filmed, and why it’s a must-see for viewers. Remember this is a showcase for your professional work, so be sure to use intriguing language that engages viewers and invites them to sit back and enjoy.

New Book Announcement

The Routledge Handbook of Paradiplomacy: A Landmark Contribution to the Study of Subnational Diplomacy.

ree

The African Paradiplomacy Network (APN) notes with great appreciation the forthcoming publication of The Routledge Handbook of Paradiplomacy, edited by Jorge A. Schiavon, Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, Tomasz Kamiński, and Rafael Velázquez Flores. The volume will be available for pre-order on 18 February 2026 and is scheduled for release on 11 March 2026.


This major reference work offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how subnational governments, regions, and municipalities engage in international relations. Bringing together a diverse group of leading scholars, the volume explores the conceptual, theoretical, methodological, institutional, and policy dimensions of paradiplomacy, establishing itself as an authoritative contribution to this evolving field of study.


The Handbook provides an exceptional overview of the state of paradiplomacy research globally. Its structure spans theoretical foundations, methodological approaches, institutional contexts, and regional case studies, including detailed analyses of how subnational diplomacy intersects with issues such as climate change, trade, migration, and economic development.


Two members of the African Paradiplomacy Network, Dr Ohiocheoya Omiunu (University of Kent) and Dr Fritz Nganje (University of Johannesburg), have contributed chapters to this important publication. Dr Omiunu’s chapter, “Paradiplomacy in Nigeria,” and Dr Nganje’s chapter, “The Ebbs and Flows of Paradiplomacy in South Africa: 30 Years into Democracy,” examine the trajectories of subnational foreign relations in their respective countries and the broader implications for understanding Africa’s international engagement.


The publication of The Routledge Handbook of Paradiplomacy represents a significant development in the global literature on subnational diplomacy. The APN recognises the editors for their exemplary work in curating such an ambitious and far-reaching collection and congratulates all contributors on their scholarly achievement.


ree


Comments

bottom of page