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”.
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.