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Assessing changing relations between the Russian Federation and South Africa

Author: Daniel, Omaduore Rosaline Date: 2015 This study aims to assess how Russia's relations with South Africa have changed since the end of the Cold War. The study draws on social constructivism as a theoretical framework to show that the ideals and beliefs of the Russian Federation ... Read more
A 'Brazilian way'?: characteristics and challenges of Brazil's development assistance in Africa

Author: Rasconi, Davide Date: 2016 Brazil development cooperation in Africa has been increasing significantly since the beginning of the new millennium. This paper examines both characteristics and challenges of such cooperation, with regards to the centuries-old linkages that ... Read more
Chinese and Norwegian foreign aid approaches to sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis

Author: Eyde, S Date: 2013 Read more
The elephant in the room: The rise and role of India in the climate change negotiations

Author: Coetzee, Kim Date: 2016 The climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have been ongoing since the first conference of the parties in 1995. Twenty years on there has been little progress reducing greenhouse gas ... Read more
The global financial crisis and its implications for global financial governance

Author: Flanagan, Gerald Date: 2012 This thesis explores how the global financial crisis (GFC) has impacted on the distribution of power within the international financial architecture (IFA). In order for us to be able to study the effects of economic power there must be some ... Read more
Handbook of Africa's International Relations

Author: Smith, Karen Date: 2014 Africa has been, and continues to be, marginalised in both the practice and study of international relations (IR). However, in light of the increased influence of the emerging powers on the continent, and Africa’s improved pro- spects for ... Read more
IBSA's role in international peace and security: a look from within the United Nations

Author: Long, Abigail Date: 2014 In 2011, three democratic emerging powers, India, Brazil, and South Africa served as non-permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. This was the same year that civil wars in both Libya and Syria erupted. Using both qualitative ... Read more
The impact of private international donor foundations on sexual and reproductive health organisations in South Africa

Author: Kuhnert, Kira-Leigh Date: 2014 Foundations can subtly redefine or steer organisations in a desired direction, through either bureaucratic 'cherry-picking' the organisations that they want to work with - which could be solicited to submit funding proposals;; or over-time ... Read more
India's Identity and its Global Aspirations

Author: Smith, Karen Date: 2012 This article engages with the question whether India’s identity predisposes it to playing a specific international role, in particular one which promotes the redistribution of power and wealth in the international system. This is done by ... Read more
International Relations in South Africa: A Case of ‘Add Africa and Stir’?

Author: Smith, Karen Date: 2013 This article presents a reflection on the state of the discipline of International Relations (IR) in South Africa, focusing specifically on questions about its theoretical content and ‘Africanness’. The country’s unique history continues to ... Read more
Leading the African agenda or following the African consensus? South Africa's implementation of the African agenda in the United Nations Security Council

Author: McGurk, H Date: 2013 Read more
Opportunities and obstacles to cooperation between the BRICS: A view from South Africa

Author: Smith, Karen Date: 2015 Cooperation between the BRICS states is often framed as being a part of new forms of South-South Cooperation (SSC). This is clearly problematic, given the presence of Russia, which is neither geographically nor historically part of the Global ... Read more
Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world

Author: van der Westhuizen, Janis ; Smith, Karen Date: 2015 This report of a public opinion survey on South Africa’s foreign policy did not attempt to gauge South Africans’ knowledge about specific issues in international politics, but rather their underlying attitudes, specifically their foreign ... Read more
Problematising the diffusion of LGBTI rights in Africa : the case of Malawi.

Author: Mugo, Tiffany Date: 2013 African countries have increasingly come under fire for the maltreatment of homosexuals by those within the state and society. The region is rife with instances of homophobia manifesting themselves in acts of discrimination or even violence. ... Read more
R2P and the Protection of Civilians: South Africa’s Perspective on Conflict Resolution

Author: Smith, Karen Date: Mar 2015 This briefing provides an overview of the South African government’s position on the protection of civilians within the context of the ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) framework. As South Africa lacks a clearly articulated policy on R2P, any ... Read more
The relationship between norms and hegemony : exploring international drug prohibition over the last 100 years

Author: Sweenie, Kaitlin Elizabeth Date: 2015 It is just over fifty years since the United Nations adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), explicitly proscribing the manufacturing of, trade in, and use of narcotics for anything but scientific and medicinal purposes. Today, ... Read more
"Soft power efforts, hard power gains" : India's economic diplomacy towards Africa using Nigeria and Kenya as examples

Author: Brown, Lisa Carrin Date: 2016 Economic diplomacy and commercial diplomacy as soft power tools plays an increasingly significant role in the enhancement of national economic goals and enhanced economic relations between countries. Economic diplomacy is carried out by a ... Read more
South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic

Author: Smith, Karen Date: 2016 This article provides an overview of the South African government’s evolving position on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). While the country was an advocate of R2P in the run-up to the 2005 United Nations (UN) World Summit and the related ... Read more
South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey

Author: van der Westhuizen, Janis ; Smith, Karen Date: Dec 2013 Over the last fifteen years, South African foreign policy has been subject to tumultuous twists and turns, as the immediate post-1994 ‘honeymoon period’ with its remarkable enunciation of a human rights centred foreign policy increasingly ... Read more
State personhood and world politics: a personology of the South African state

Author: Naude, Bianca Date: 2019 South Africa’s foreign policy decisions and behaviours are routinely referred to as “schizophrenic” by scholars and political commentators alike. A malady of the human brain, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines “schizophrenia” as “a ... Read more

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