US must tread carefully in Zimbabwe
Council of Foreign Relations senior fellow Ambassador John Campbell recently released a policy innovation memorandum entitled, ‘Zimbabwe: An Opportunity for Closer U.S.-South Africa Relations.’
Implementing Development Corridors: Lessons from the Maputo Corridor
The Maputo Development Corridor is the largest and most successful development corridor initiative thus far in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, if not within Africa as a whole.
Roundtable: Dr Dlamini-Zuma’s election: The future of African integration and South Africa’s foreign policy
The Centre for Africa’s International Relations, the South African Institute of International Affairs and the office of the Dean of Humanities of the University of the Witwatersrand host a roundtable on Dr Dlamini-Zuma’s election: The future of African integration and South Africa’s foreign policy.
From ‘Crowding Out to Crowding In’: Towards an Institutional Analysis of Adaptation Funds
Quantifying the cost of funding adaptation to climate change (‘adaptation finance’) is difficult. There is a broad range of estimates, with the UN suggesting an annual requirement of $49–171 billion by 2030.
Mozambique’s Gas: An Opportunity for South Africa?
In the past two years companies in Mozambique have announced major gas discoveries off the Rovuma Basin in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Development Co-operation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns
The outcome of the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness was significant because it sought to bridge the divide between North–South and South–South co-operation, notwithstanding the existing divergent views each side held on the issue.
SADC Should Sweat The Small Stuff
Regional leaders and businesses welcome this ambitious programme, but a recent study by the South African Institute of International Affairs, with support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit in Botswana, has shown there are a number of smaller interventions that could ease trade among the Southern African Development Community members significantly.
China and Angola: A Marriage of Convenience?
There has been an explosion of attention given to China’s interests and activities in Africa and on the wide spectrum of Chinese actors involved in countries across the continent, but the terms and implications of the China-Angola partnership remain unclear.
At the end of the transition period, Somalia is going nowhere – slowly
With a two-decade long history of instability, upheaval and violence, Somalia has become the poster child of the failed state.
African leaders commit to better trade relations
The theme of the African Union (AU) summit in January this year was “Boosting Intra-African Trade”.