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.
SA should lead in putting Africa first
The existing global economic governance arrangements are failing.
BRICS Summit 2012: Inching Towards a BRICS Trade and Investment Agenda
On March 29th BRICS Heads of State will gather in Delhi.
Perspectives on Trade, Investment and Competition Policy in South Africa
In a liberalised trade and investment environment, trade, investment and competition policies together form a specific nexus.
Deepening Engagement on South Africa’s Trade Policy
A Media Forum on Trade Policy