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Africa Needs its own ‘G-Club’ to Meet the Challenges at Home and Globally

Forming ‘clubs of states’ to resolve common problems is proving an effective global alternative to the multilateral institutions of yesteryear. Organisations with labels like G20 and G8 are developing solutions that have eluded their formal, ineffec…

NATO and South Africa

"As this year is the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it seemed appropriate to circulate to members information about the achievements of NATO. The article "in Alliance For All Seasons" by Warre…

Japan and South Africa Deepening Economic Relations

"This report will focus primarily on economic relations between Japan and South Africa since the establishment of full diplomatic links between the two countries in 1992. These relations need to be viewed within the context of relations during the a…

South Africa-Mercosur: Long process, little progress

This report describes the relationship between South Africa and the Mercado Commun del Sur (Mercosur). Currently, Mercosur is in a state of crisis, worsened by the Brazilian and Argentine crises, but it has substantial economic potential for South A…

First impressions of a changing South Africa

This paper is based on the text of the speech delivered by Mr. Reeve on the occasion of the Witwatersrand Branch of the Institute’s Annual General Meeting on 27 November 1991. It discusses the recent unexpected changes in South Africa, the process…

SAIIA Southern Africa Record no 1

This document include the folowing articles: Statement by the South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster, in the Senate, Cape Town, on 23 October, 1974; Statement by Ambassador R.F. Botha, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Natio…

SAIIA Southern Africa Record no 44

This Southern Africa Record contains the following texts: •Non-Aligned Movement: Harare Conference, Aug./Sept. 1986. Extracts from Keynote Address by R.G. Mugabe and from Political Declaration. •South Africa and the United States: Draft Sancti…

SAIIA Newsletter vol. 7, no. 3, 1975

This newsletter contains five articles by various authors. Denis Worrall’s article discusses South Africa and détente, starting with the post-World War II period and discussing the outward policy of the sixties, the first dialogue movement, the coup…

SAIIA Newsletter No. 2, 1972

This newsletter contains three articles by various authors and several brief reports. Nicholas Cayzer's article describes changes in the world from a British viewpoint, covering the two world wars, the emergence of America and the Soviet Union as su…

The illegal drug trade: An international foreign policy imperative

" This paper aims to demonstrate the extent to which the illegal drug trade has become a foreign policy issue and argues that all states, including South Africa, are required to respond to it. On the one hand, failure to act decisively is likely to …

Malawi

"The recent reshuffling of the Malawi Cabinet which included, dismissal of the Secretary-General of the Malawi Congress Party, Mr Bakili Muluzu, is of interest and concern to South Africans. That country, under the Presidency of Dr H Kamuzu Banda, r…

Beijing's (Peking's) African Policy

"During the period December 1932 to January 1933 the Chinese Minister, Zhao Ziyang, visited Africa. This development led to speculation that China- would- renew her African involvement after a period of dormancy. This Brief Report focusses on these…

Zimbabwe: The internal security dimension and Harare-Gaborone relations

"A number of recent developments have highlighted the difficulties of early Zimbabwean post-independence, concomitantly revealing a fracture in the seemingly cordial relations between Botswana and Zimbabwe.This paper discusses the relationship betw…

The political implications of sanctions: A framework for Analysis

"The issue of sanctions and their political implications is a complex and subjective one. This brief introduction to the debate aims to provide a perspective on an issue of considerable importance to both the corporate sector and to scholars intere…

France turns right: Implications for Paris-Pretoria relations

"During the Socialist presidency of Francois Mitterrand, French policy towards South Africa has undergone something of a metamorphosis. - In 1985, relations between the two countries reached a nadir when the government of Prime Minister Laurent F…

Brazil: The Dialectical Nature of Security and Integration in South America

"Globalization has brought new and dangerous challenges to the Brazilian national project. Whereas the neoliberal agenda led to the opening of the country’s internal market and the privatization/de-nationalization of strategic public enterprises (w…

South Africa and Taiwan: A diplomatic dilemma worth noting

This paper focuses on the relations between Taiwan and South Africa. Diplomatic links were maintained since 1949 although these links were not particularly close as South Africa did not want to give China an excuse to increase its support to resista…

Africa’s Emerging Global Partnerships Their Implications for the Continent’s Development Aspirations

"Important changes have been occurring in the ill-defined area of partnership in Africa, mainly in the context of the African Union’s quest for development as well as peace and security on the continent. The purpose of this paper is to identify and…

South Africa and its neighbours: Co-operation or conflict?

Southern Africa has come under international attention as an unsettled region of the world, attracting the involvement of both superpowers which, far from contributing to a resolution of the regional disputes, has aggravated them. Nevertheless, thei…

United States of Africa Positioning the Pan-African Parliament and Court in the Political Union Debate

"The paper argues that whatever model may be chosen for the political union, reforms of the two institutions as currently constituted will be an absolute necessity. With respect to the African Court, the suggestion is made that reform should take t…

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