Dr. Juliana Abena Appiah
In the context of RASS I will focus on Faceless Actors and Regional Integration in Africa: The New Disruptive Politics: The study analyzes the rise of anonymous actors who serve as critical disruptors in the pursuit of regional integration in Africa.
Research fields: Crisis and conflict management in Africa, Statehood in Africa, Pan-Africanism, Regionalism and Regional Integration in Europe and Africa, Critical International Relations, Africa in Contemporary Politics and Post coloniality in Africa
University of Ghana, Accra
Juliana Abena Appiah is a Senior Research Fellow and an International Relations Scholar(specializing on Africa’s International Relations) at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) of the University of Ghana. She studied International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana, and the University of Rochester, New York. She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2015. Juliana is the coordinator for the master’s in international affairs Programme at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD). She is also an adjunct Fellow at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Ghana and has assisted the Centre in their conferences and seminars over the years.
Publications
Yakohene, Afua B. / Appiah, Juliana A. / Mawuli-Kwawu, Elorm. (2023). Monarch, autocracy or democracy? Rethinking term limits towards peace, stability and development in Central Africa. Legon Journal for International A1airs and Diplomacy, 12(1), 1-28.
Appiah, Juliana A. / Mireku-Yeboah, Nana Y. / Asah-Asante, Akosua. (2022). Architecture of Denial: Imperial Violence, the Construction of Law and Historical Knowledge during the Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1960. African Journal of Legal Studies, 14, 3 – 27.
Yakohene, Afua B. / Appiah, Juliana A. (2022). The Shining Black Star of Africa: The tale of Ghana in Conflict Resolution. In: Delgado-Caicedo, Jeronimo. (Ed.). Handbook of Regional Conflict Resolution Initiatives in the Global South (1st Edition), 193-210. London: Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003287018-17
Appiah, Juliana A. / Mireku-Yeboah, Nana Y. (2021). Decrypting Crypto-Colonialism and Unveiling the Mask of Innocence: Switzerland’s Covert Colonial Designs and Continuity in Africa. Contemporary Journal of African Studie, 7 (2), 31 – 44.
Appiah, Juliana. A. / Mireku-Yeboah, Nana Y. (2018). Critical Reflections on the AU’s Sixth Region: A Meaningful Engagement with the African Diaspora. Legon Journal of International Affairs and Diplomacy, 9 (2), 1 – 26.
