Sara Van Hoeymissen
Biographic Data
| ID | 391108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Van Hoeymissen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Hoeymissen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HOEYMISSEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Military Academy |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-1192-2549 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alignment Strategies of Weaker States Under Insecurity and Great-Power Competition
As geo-political and geo-economic tensions among major powers escalate, weaker states face renewed pressure to take sides. This article looks at how the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) handles this dilemma. Drawing on leadership statements, policy documents, and economic, security, and diplomatic data from the 2007–2008 Sicomines agreement to early 2025, the article argues that Kinshasa pursued a context-specific, autonomy-seeking form of …
Shadowboxing
Since 2010, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has intermittently imposed informal trade restrictions on third countries following political disagreement. These occurrences reveal that the PRC increasingly sees the economic domain as a vector to assertively pursue its political interests as a rising power. At the same time, maintaining a favourable international environment to support its continued economic rise remains a key objective of the P…
Opting Out
Since 2013, a downward trend in lending by China’s state-owned policy banks, which are mandated to help finance overseas projects executed by Chinese companies, has been observed in Africa. This article reveals that in Botswana this development started markedly earlier. The country has not borrowed from Chinese policy banks since 2006. Furthermore, overall Chinese lending to Botswana peaked in 2009 and came to a complete halt thereafter. Botswana…
China Studies in Africa
In recent years, and as a result of growing Africa-China relations, a small but increasing number of African academic institutions have begun to offer training and conduct research in China Studies
Regional Organizations in China's Security Strategy for Africa
African regional organizations play a significant role in maintaining peace and security on their continent. This article looks at how China, as an emerging power in Africa, has incorporated these organizations into its policies on African security crises. It asserts that China has explicitly endorsed regional conflict resolution mechanisms, which it perceives as having a less intrusive impact on third world countries' sovereignty than have initi…
Regional Organizations in China's Security Strategy for Africa
African regional organizations play a significant role in maintaining peace and security on their continent. This article looks at how China, as an emerging power in Africa, has incorporated these organizations into its policies on African security crises. It asserts that China has explicitly endorsed regional conflict resolution mechanisms, which it perceives as having a less intrusive impact on third world countries' sovereignty than have initi…
Regional Organizations in China's Security Strategy for Africa
African regional organizations play a significant role in maintaining peace and security on their continent. This article looks at how China, as an emerging power in Africa, has incorporated these organizations into its policies on African security crises. It asserts that China has explicitly endorsed regional conflict resolution mechanisms, which it perceives as having a less intrusive impact on third world countries' sovereignty than have initi…
China Studies in Africa
In recent years, and as a result of growing Africa-China relations, a small but increasing number of African academic institutions have begun to offer training and conduct research in China Studies
Opting Out
Since 2013, a downward trend in lending by China’s state-owned policy banks, which are mandated to help finance overseas projects executed by Chinese companies, has been observed in Africa. This article reveals that in Botswana this development started markedly earlier. The country has not borrowed from Chinese policy banks since 2006. Furthermore, overall Chinese lending to Botswana peaked in 2009 and came to a complete halt thereafter. Botswana…
Shadowboxing
Since 2010, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has intermittently imposed informal trade restrictions on third countries following political disagreement. These occurrences reveal that the PRC increasingly sees the economic domain as a vector to assertively pursue its political interests as a rising power. At the same time, maintaining a favourable international environment to support its continued economic rise remains a key objective of the P…
Alignment Strategies of Weaker States Under Insecurity and Great-Power Competition
As geo-political and geo-economic tensions among major powers escalate, weaker states face renewed pressure to take sides. This article looks at how the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) handles this dilemma. Drawing on leadership statements, policy documents, and economic, security, and diplomatic data from the 2007–2008 Sicomines agreement to early 2025, the article argues that Kinshasa pursued a context-specific, autonomy-seeking form of …
International Development and Aid (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · China (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works)