Competitiveness, Protectionism, and the WTO
John Maynard Keynes’s ghost casts a shadow over the current financial crisis.
Ethiopia: Underestimated Regional Power
When you walk the streets of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, it feels like the city is one large building site.
The Economic Gateway to Africa? Geography, Strategy and South Africa’s Regional Economic Relations
The paper argues that South Africa’s role as an economic gateway primarily depends upon geography, ie upon naturally given and man-made structures in geographical space.
Africa’s energy boom must be managed carefully
The Department of Mineral Resources recently lifted the moratorium on shale gas exploration in the Karoo.
Nuanced Balancing Act: South Africa’s National and International Interests and its ‘African Agenda’
Since apartheid ended, much of South Africa’s positioning on the world stage has been informed by what has been described as an Afrocentric approach to foreign relations.
Do South Africa and the European Union need each other?
The Fifth European Union (EU)-South Africa summit (17-18 September) takes place against a backdrop of heightened domestic and international turbulence.
Forging a partnership with the EU beyond shared history
The European Union (EU) is South Africa’s main trading partner, its principal investor and largest development partner.
The Question South African Foreign Policy is Grappling With: Security Council Reform
South Africa has focused over the last few years on enhancing its regional and international profile.
Managing Expectations and Tensions in Ghana’s Oil-Rich Western Region
The discovery of oil and gas along the coastline of Ghana’s Western Region in June 2007 was viewed as a means for the state to generate revenues that could be used to address the country’s development needs.
The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung
The South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch, invites you to a public seminar to be addressed by Peter Leon on “The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung”.