Olivier, Gerrit(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2012-12)
The EU presents itself as a ‘privileged
partner’ of Africa and characterises the
latter as a ‘natural partner’ in the search for
a new world order, an order based on norms,
rules and greater equity for developing
states. ...
Olivier, Gerrit(Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria, 2010-11)
The 'idea of Africa' implies pan-Africanism, that is, a united Africa, working in concert towards a better future for a continent consisting of one billion people and 54 sovereign independent nation states. Since decolonisation, ...
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 ...
It is indeed gratifying to witness the fruits of an initiative of a small group of political
scientists assembling at the University of Pretoria 40 years ago to establish
the South African Political Science Association ...
