Charting a New Course: Globalisation, African Recovery and the New African Initiative
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has, in the few short months since its drafting in Abuja in October 2001, become the accepted blueprint for the recovery of a continent dismissed by The Economist as ‘hopeless’.
New Security Paradigms
The end of the Cold War has resulted in significant shifts in global security concerns, not least in the Asia-Pacific region.
South Africa and Naval Power at the Millennium
Published in conjunction with Centre for Defence and International Security Studies.
Angola: Prospects for Peace and Prosperity
The end of Angola’s decades-long civil war in April 2002 has provided Angolans with an opportunity to rebuild their war-ravaged country.
Democracy’s Disorder? Crime, Police and Citizen Responses in Transitional Societies
A number of countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe which have undergone a transition from authoritarian rule to democracy in the last two decades have experienced similar problems of lawlessness.
A New World Order? The Implications of 11 September 2001
This volume examines the implications of the events of September 11 from a variety of perspectives – economic, political, social, cultural and religious.
Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Comparative International Perspectives
Regional integration is based on common assumptions about political institutions and frameworks.
Marching to a Different Tune: Political Change and Policing Transformation in SA and Northern Ireland
The process of police transformation in societies undergoing transition is an issue of some importance.
A Continent Apart: Kosovo, Africa and Humanitarian Intervention
“It is seldom that a single event should spark worldwide debate and polarise international opinion. The March 1999 NATO military intervention in Kosovo in response to serious human rights violations was one of those rare occurrences.”
Fragments of Trade
In late February a diplomatic flurry in the regional trading firmament erupted. Our Foreign Minister stated in Parliament that the EU, out of fear over the Chinese trade “threat”, is using Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU to lock in old colonial trading relationships.