International Trade and Emerging Markets Since the Crisis
The global economic crisis has sparked the short-term divergence of economic performance between the West and emerging markets, thereby accelerating their convergence in the long-run, and is particularly evident in globalising Asia.
Perspectives from the BRICs: Lessons for South Africa
In April 2011, South Africa will take up its place among the world’s four major emerging powers when the BRICS grouping meets in Hainan, China.
Côte d’Ivoire: The Spectre of Warlordism
The slide towards civil war in Côte d’Ivoire looks, on the face of it, like a fight between two men in business suits.
India and South Africa as Partners for Development in Africa?
The South African Institute of International Affairs National Director, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, has collaborated with Chatham House in London to produce a new briefing paper entitled: ‘India and South Africa as Partners for Development in Africa?’
Southern African Customs Union: Myths and Reality
Much has been reported lately about the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) with particular reference to the economic crisis in Swaziland and, to a lesser extent, Lesotho.
Arab democracy at stake while royals protect their crown jewels
Geopolitics concerns the projection of power and influence across regional or global political-economic and social spaces.
Retreat on Promoting Trade Policy Reform in South Africa
The South African Institute of International Affairs; the British High Commission; Business Unity South Africa; UCT Graduate School of Business; Business Leadership South Africa; and the Mail and Guardian are delighted to invite you to their: Retreat on Promoting Trade Policy Reform in South Africa.
Cumulative Costs of Trade Protection in the South African Economy
Powerful theoretical reasoning and overwhelming empirical evidence demonstrate that protectionism, being selective and economically distortive, is to the disadvantage of the very country behaving in a protectionist fashion.
Subsidies as an Instrument of Industrial Policy: Are they WTO Compliant?
Global responses to economic recession revealed a trend towards trade protectionism, specifically through ‘bail-out’ measures in the form of large sums of government revenue handed out to specific industries.
Unconstitutional Changes of Government: The Democrat’s Dilemma in Africa
Since 2002, a well-established principle and practice of the African Union (AU) has been the rejection of unconstitutional changes of government.