A book launch event of The Doraleh Disputes

The Doraleh Container Terminal, located in Djibouti, has been at the center of a series of legal disputes involving various global actors. Prof. Benjamin Barton's monograph is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of the chronology of these disputes, shedding light on the complex dynamics of infrastructure development and politics in the Global South. Join us as Prof. Barton introduces his new book "The Doraleh Disputes: Infrastructure Politics in The Global South.” Benjamin Barton is the author of Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement: China and the European Union in Africa (2017) and co-editor, with Prof. Jing Men, of China and the European Union in Africa: Partners or Competitors? (2011). Prof. Barton's recent research interests include economic statecraft and local agency attached to the Maritime Silk Road Initiative and as an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, he convenes modules on Chinese foreign policy and on the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific.