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Fwd: Call for book chapters on “Taiwan’s Economic Diplomacy in Africa” (abstract due April 30)

See attached PDF for full details.



Requirements And Due Dates:

• Submit a 300-350-word abstract and a 200-word biography by April 30, 2025.

• You will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of your abstract by May 15.

• The first draft of your chapter (7000 to 8500 words) is due September 30. The

final draft will be due October 30, 2025. Publication is expected in Spring 2026.

• For formatting/citation, please adhere to the APA style (7th Edition).

• Send your abstracts and inquiries to sabidde@gmail.com, and please cc the co-


The Editors:

Sabella Abidde is a professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty of

Alabama State University. He is an alumnus of Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota;

Minnesota State University, Mankato; University of Oklahoma, Norman; and Howard

University. His edited and co-edited volumes include U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Taiwan:

Ambiguity and Commitment in International Relations (Springer, 2025); China and Taiwan in

Latin America and the Caribbean (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024); China in Africa: Between

Imperialism and Partnership in Humanitarian Development (Lexington Books, 2023); and

China and Taiwan in Africa: The Struggle for Diplomatic Recognition and Hegemony

(Springer, 2022). Dr. Abidde is a member of the American Association for Chinese Studies

(AACS); the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS); and the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF). He was a 2023 Taiwan Fellow and a 2024 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow.


Victor Adetula is a Professor of International Relations & Development Studies at the University of Jos (Nigeria), an Associate Fellow of The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Uppsala-

Sweden, and an Adjunct Professor at the Abo Akademi University, Finland. Among his published works are "Electoral Democracy, Foreign Capital Flows and the Human Rights

Infrastructure in Nigeria" (co-authored with Olugbemi Jaiyebo) in Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu

and Makane Mbengue (eds.) African Perspectives in International Law Investment

(Manchester University Press, 2020); and Political Finance in the Digital Age: The Case of

Nigeria (International IDEA, Stockholm-Sweden, 2024). He was the Claude Ake Visiting

Professor in the Department of Peace & Conflict Research, University of Uppsala (2013).

Professor Adetula has a PhD in Political Science (Political Economy & Development Studies)

from the University of Jos and an M.Sc in International Relations from the Obafemi Awolowo

University, Nigeria.

 
 
 

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