India and SA must aim for meaningful trade agreement
Indian President Pratibha Patil was in South Africa this month, accompanied by a business delegation that is looking to explore the potential for opportunities.
The African Union and the “Arab Spring”: An exception to new principles or return to old rules?
An unexpected wave of popular protests broke on Africa’s northern shores in 2011, starting with the political demise of the Tunisian and Egyptian presidents, leading to more deadly conflict in Libya.
Coming into Its Own: an Analysis of South Africa’s voting patterns and the achievement of its foreign policy goals in the UNSC
While receiving much coverage in the media, South Africa’s two terms on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have not seen a proper analysis of its overall achievements vis-à-vis its stated foreign policy goals within the Council.
Workshop on SADC Case Studies on Business Barriers
Making Key Business Constraints in SADC Tangible: Experiences of the Private Sector.
World Bank President: Lessons for South Africa and Africa
The selection of Dr. Jim Yong Kim as the next World Bank president offers two lessons on international economic governance diplomacy to South Africa and Africans and a warning to the Bank.
Between the CPA and Southern Independence: China’s Post-Conflict Engagement in Sudan
As a defining Chinese engagement in Africa, much attention has been devoted to China’s role over Darfur and Sudan’s other conflicts.
Mozambique’s gas holds promise for SA’s energy security
An Energy Planning Colloquium hosted by South Africa’s Department of Energy from 29-30 March served to highlight the challenges the country faces in meeting its high energy demand.
Goodwill and Hard Bargains: The DRC, China and India
The economic and political engagement of China and India with the African continent is growing, but the complex dynamics of this engagement, particularly at country-specific level, remain under-researched.
Australia, New Zealand and the African Union
There’s been a good discussion so far of South Africa’s role at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa this January, and its bid for Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take up the Chair of the AU Commission.
A 21st Century Scramble: South Africa, China and the Rare Earth Metals Industry
The paper analyses the peculiar structure of the rare earth elements (REE) industry, a sector dominated by China, and the global implications of current upheavals within the sector, especially as they concern South Africa’s (re)emerging rare earths production.