South African Institute of International Affairs
The Gatvol Syndrome, The Apprentice and World Politics
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 15th November 2016 Eight years ago the American people voted for “Yes, we can”, Barack Obama’s politics of hope. Eight years ago many across the world were... →
Trump Presidency: First reflections on the impact for Africa
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 10th November 2016 At long last, the most bruising and sometimes farcical election in recent US history has come to a close. What seemed unthinkable to many just a... →
A New Era of Ambitious Global Climate Action
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 8th November 2016 Nearly 200 countries will convene in Marrakesh, Morocco today to advance progress made on the Paris Agreement on climate change. Signed by 197... →
How the New Development Bank can change the way banks do business
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st November 2016 In his mid-term budget speech last week, Minister Pravin Gordhan made some bold claims about infrastructure spending – R300-billion for transport... →
A Blow to South Africa’s Soft Power: Leaving the ICC
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 25th October 2016 South Africans woke up on the morning of 21 October 2016 to the shocking announcement that the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,... →
BRICS – the dream deferred, for now 
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 20th October 2016 The commanding position that the BRICS economies once held in the post-global financial crises era legitimised their claims for more equitable... →
New realities require new policy solutions
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 13th October 2016 With 27,000 African savannah elephants a year illegally killed for their ivory, the species is in peril. Now international action at CITES and the... →
US Elections 2016: the view from Africa
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 11th October 2016 This year, an elevated level of press has surrounded the upcoming US general elections on 8 November, primarily because of the erratic and often... →
There is good as well as bad news about the state of governance in Africa
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 7th October 2016 Declining safety and deterioration in the rule of law are holding back progress in governance in Africa. This is according to the latest Ibrahim... →
The unaccounted billions in international aid
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 4th October 2016 South Africa has contributed billions of Rands in developmental assistance to the DRC. Yet according to traditional definitions of aid, these... →
