What Happened: Israel Strikes Iran, BRICS Shows Caution
Israel’s airstrikes on Iran in June triggered a 12-day regional crisis and tested BRICS’s geopolitical weight. The bloc’s cautious, divided response highlighted its consensus-driven diplomacy and its limits as a global security actor.
Q&A: BRICS and Climate Action – Leader or Laggard?
Alex Benkenstein, Programme Head at SAIIA’s Climate and Natural Resources Programme, shares his perspectives on the role of BRICS in addressing the climate crisis.
South Africa and the EU Should Collaborate to Build Strategic Interdependence in Critical Minerals
Working collaboratively, South Africa and the EU can deepen cooperation on critical minerals to support sustainable development, economic growth and strategic autonomy amid shifting geopolitical dynamics.
South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Placing African Concerns on the Global Table
South Africa’s G20 presidency comes at a pivotal moment for rethinking the forum’s role in a shifting global order.
Africa’s Development Banks Are Being Undermined: The Continent Will Pay The Price
Africa’s development banks are being undermined, threatening the continent’s economic resilience and long-term growth.
What Can South Africa Do on Debt and Development in its Remaining Term as G20 Presidency?
South Africa intends to leverage its G20 presidency to highlight African concerns and open opportunities to question and explore Africa’s position in the global economic and financial system.
This is a 1990 Moment and Africa Must Seize it
As the world order is being reshaped, Africa must make its voice heard and defend its interests with unity and resolve.
Bolstering AfCFTA Infrastructure: The Role of African IFIs
African IFIs must coordinate more effectively and innovate financing to bridge infrastructure gaps and unlock the AfCFTA’s potential for sustainable trade, growth and regional integration.
A Statesman in the White House: Ramaphosa’s Lesson in Spectacle and Restraint
Cyril Ramaphosa’s deft handling of a Donald Trump-led spectacle may offer global leaders an example of surviving diplomatic ambushes with composure and strategy.
Governance in Southern Africa Still Needs Work
The APRM process at national level is sometimes stage-managed to include CSOs friendly to the government and silence or ignore critical voices.