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  • The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security 
    Olonisakin, Funmi; Hendricks, Cheryl; Okech, Awino (Routledge, 2015-01)
    This article explores the convergence between three pillars of influence – feminist security studies, civil society activism and policy decision-making – and its role in the adoption and implementation of United Nations ...
  • African studies : the ambiguity of ownership and originality 
    Melber, Henning (Cambridge University Press, 2016-05)
    Arowosegbe‟s article is a welcome invitation to reconsider African studies by reflecting on the dubious ambiguities of their ownership. While he dismisses Western hegemony, he also demands acknowledgement of the relevance ...
  • An overview of conflict in Africa in 2014 
    De Villiers, Shirley (Routledge, 2015-03)
    Violent conflict escalated in Africa in 2014, with five sub-Saharan states – the Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan – accounting for an estimated 75% of all conflict-related deaths ...
  • African solutions to African problems? The AU, R2P and Côte d’Ivoire 
    Spies, Yolanda Kemp; Abatan, Jeannine Ella Adénikè (Routledge, 2016-01)
    The African continent is inextricably linked to the development of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm and the latter’s ethical interpretation of the duties associated with state sovereignty. With the African Union ...
  • Reconciliation in Zimbabwe : the conflict between a state-centred and people-centred approach 
    Murambadoro, Ruth R.; Wielenga, Cori (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Reconciliation has become an integral part of the post-conflict peacebuilding process, and has come to be seen as an integral part of sustaining peace and security, particularly at the local level. The tension between ...
  • China’s media and public diplomacy approach in Africa : illustrations from South Africa 
    Wu, Yu-Shan (Routledge, 2016-02)
    Media engagement in Africa serves as a component of China‟s contemporary public diplomacy drive, which allows for deeper bilateral diplomatic and economic relations. This paper provides the context and impetus that ...
  • Re-conceptualising leadership for effective peacemaking and human security in Africa 
    Olonisakin, Funmi (University of Pretoria, Institute for Strategic Studies, 2015)
    This article explores the meaning of peace and human security from the perspective of the individual — the presumed referent point of security — and examines responses to armed conflict, a leading source of insecurity ...
  • A Post-GDP World? - Rethinking International Politics in the 21(st) Century 
    Fioramonti, Lorenzo (Wiley, 2016-02)
    In contemporary politics, the power and status of a country are intimately connected with its economic wealth. In particular, GDP has become the benchmark by which the global pecking order is defined. Initially designed ...
  • Human security in South Africa 
    Africa, Sandy (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    The gains that can be attributed to the cause of human security since the end of apartheid are significant. The right to vote, to basic education and primary health care; the introduction of an extensive social ...
  • Russia is back in Africa 
    Olivier, Gerrit; Suchkov, Dmitry (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    The end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union brought an end to the ideology driven special relationship between Russia and various African states. However, after ten years these relations were resuscitated ...
  • A human security approach to peacekeeping in Africa 
    Olonisakin, Funmi (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    One of the transformations in approach and thinking about peace and security at the end of the Cold War is the emergence of the human security paradigm. It argues for a focus on the individual as the referent point for ...
  • Interpreting the “other” in democracy : towards a deliberative ethic 
    Wolmarans, Frederik Gerhardus (Unisa Press, 2014)
    This article cautions against underestimating the complexity of the intersubjective interpretation involved in deliberation between citizens in a democracy. The subjective nature of interpretation potentially sabotages ...
  • Civil society and regional governance : knowledge production and issue-framing around SADC 
    Godsäter, Andréas (Routledge, 2015-01)
    Scholars have recently begun to study civil society on the regional level more systematically. When regionalization of civil society is studied, it is often understood within processes of regional governance in which ...
  • Regulatory impact assessment : a survey of selected developing and emerging economies 
    Adelle, Camilla; Weiland, Sabine; Dick, Jan; González Olivo, Diana; Marquardt, Jens; Rots, George; Wübbeke, Jost; Zasada, Ingo (Routledge, 2016-02)
    This article reports on an in depth survey of the practice of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in 16 developing and emerging economies. It reveals that RIA is playing an increasing role in these countries: eight have ...
  • Faith as politics : reflection in commemoration of Beyers Naude (1915-2004) 
    Melber, Henning (The Nordic Africa Institute, 2015)
    It was in May 2014 when Hans Engdahl observed in a conversation that a year later would mark the 100th birthday of Oom Bey, as the Reverend Beyers Naudé was fondly known.1 He was a role model not only for those committed ...
  • Revisiting the ‘Hammarskjöld approach’ 
    Melber, Henning (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, 2015)
    During a debate in the UN Security Council in 2011, the Chinese Permanent Representative Li Baodong demanded that the peacekeeping operations of the organisation ‘should adhere to the Hammarskjöld principles’. On ...
  • The Economic Freedom Fighters - South Africa's turn towards populism? 
    Mbete, Sithembile Nombali (EISA, 2015)
    The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has made an impact on South African politics since it was launched in 2013. After the general election in 2014 the EFF became the third-largest party in the National Assembly and ...
  • South African futures 2035 - can Bafana Bafana still score? 
    Cilliers, Jakkie (Institute for Security Studies, 2015-08)
    Using updated population forecasts, this paper presents alternative growth scenarios for South Africa up to 2035, and their implications for employment, politics and poverty. ‘Bafana Bafana Redux’ is the expected current ...
  • Reasonable goals for reducing poverty in Africa 
    Turner, Sara; Cilliers, Jakkie; Hughes, Barry (Institute for Security Studies, 2015-02)
    The eradication of extreme poverty is a key component in the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals process and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This paper uses the International Futures forecasting system to explore ...
  • Violent Islamist extremism and terror in Africa 
    Cilliers, Jakkie (Institute for Security Studies Papers, 2015-10)
    This paper presents an overview of large-scale violence by Islamist extremists in key African countries. The paper builds on previous publications of the Institute for Security Studies on the nexus between development ...