About the Author

Chiyuki Aoi is an associate professor of international politics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Cedric de Coning is a research fellow at the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in South Africa and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Ramesh Thakur is a distinguished fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and professor of political science at the University of Waterloo, Canada.