Luke Patey, Author at African Arguments

Author: Luke Patey

Luke Patey

Luke Patey is senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, lead senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford, and author of The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the global struggle for oil in Sudan and South Sudan (Hurst, 2014). Follow him on Twitter at @lukepatey.

Economy

By Luke Patey
August 31, 2018
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Can India keep pace with China in Africa?

If it weren’t for China, Africa’s largest trading partner would be India. But how different is its mode of engagement? With China’s top-level Africa forum set ...

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Economy Kenya South Sudan Uganda

By Luke Patey
August 23, 2017
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Whatever happened to East Africa’s oil boom?

Politics has been central to the progress, or lack thereof, in developing East Africa’s oil. And it will continue to be. It was not long ago ...

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Politics

By Luke Patey
September 24, 2015
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Africa’s oil boom goes bust

Regardless of the strength of their democracies and institutions, the plunge in oil prices has tested the resolve of all Africa’s petro-states. A decade of decadence has ...

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