Dr. Henok Teka

Biography

Henok Teka is an academic specializing in International Relations and Development Studies, with a keen focus on emerging economies and South-South cooperation. He earned his PhD in International Relations from Ege University in Turkey, where his dissertation examined the aid motives of emerging donors, specifically Turkey and India. Dr. Teka holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy, and a Bachelor's degree in Development Management from Ambo University in Ethiopia. His research interests include development cooperation, foreign investment, international political economy, and regional security, particularly in Africa. Dr. Teka has published works on topics such as emerging donors, prestige aid, foreign investment, and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). He has extensive teaching and research experience, having served as a lecturer at Ambo University, where he taught courses on development politics and ethics. Additionally, he has worked with the Africa Foundation in Turkey, leading research on Turkey-Africa relations. Dr. Teka's research critically examines the role of new development actors and their impact on policies in the global South, with a particular emphasis on Africa’s political and economic relations with emerging powers such as Turkey, India, and China.

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