An array of topics is covered in this issue, beginning with an article on Brexit’s impact on UK-SA trade by Faizel Ismail and Jay Grunder. Regionally, Sanae Suzuki looks at the interventions by the AU and ECOWAS in West African conflicts while Samuel Oyewole looks at Africa’s military-security space capabilities. A selection of research from the 2019 UJ-Wits Postgraduate Student Conference is followed by five book reviews, including one on Africa and Global Health Governance, with key observations for this period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the full line-up of the issue, please see below:
Letter
By Martha Bridgman
Original articles
The future of SA-UK trade in a post-Brexit world
By Faizel Ismail and Jay Grunder
The quest for space capabilities and military security in Africa
By Samuel Oyewole
Exploring the roles of the AU and ECOWAS in West African conflicts
By Sanae Suzuki
Special section: A selection of research from the 2019 UJ-Wits Postgraduate Student Conference
The military and democratisation in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
By Enock Ndawana
Credible commitment and large dam development in sub-Saharan Africa
By Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon
By Kingsley Stephen Orievulu
Book reviews
The Role of BRICS in Large-Scale Armed Conflict: Building a Multi-Polar World Order
Reviewed by Ian Taylor
Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order
Reviewed by Lesley Masters
Deglobalization 2.0: Trade and Openness During the Great Depression and the Great Recession
Reviewed by Mzukisi Qobo
Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy
Reviewed by Victoria Graham
Africa and Global Health Governance: Domestic Politics and International Structures
Reviewed by Tiago Tasca
