Adekeye Adebajo is Professor at the University of Johannesburg and Director of their Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He previously directed the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town from 2003 - 2016. Adebajo is a former Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and former Director of the African Program at the International Peace Institute in New York. He has served on UN missions in South Africa, the Western Sahara and Iraq. He is the author of five books on African politics and multilateralism as well as numerous articles and edited collections.Kudrat Virk is a consultant and researcher based in Cape Town, South Africa. She was previously Senior Researcher at the CCR in Cape Town. Virk is co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa and The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership: Beyond the North-South Debate. She has published in various books and in the journals Global Responsibility to Protect and International Review of the Red Cross. She holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Oxford.

• Introduction: The Concentric Circles of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of JohannesburgPart I: Key Themes in South Africa’s Foreign PolicyThe Domestic Imperatives of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyChris Landsberg, South African Research Chair (SARChI) of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy; and Senior Associate, University of Johannesburg School of Leadership, Johannesburg, South AfricaSouth Africa’s Peacemaking Efforts in Africa: Ideas, Interests, and InfluenceDevon E. A. Curtis, Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, England4.South Africa’s Defence and Security Role: Unravelling the Defence PredicamentSagaren Krishna Naidoo, Director, Defence Policy Formulation, Department of Defence, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa5.Human Rights in South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Light or a Liability?Nicole Fritz, Independent Consultant in International Human Rights Law; and former Executive Director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Johannesburg 6.South Africa’s Corporate Expansion: Towards an “SA Inc.” Approach in AfricaBrendan Vickers, Economic Advisor, Regional Trade and Integration Issues, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, England; and Richard Cawood, Strategy and Transformation Leader, Ernst & Young (EY), JohannesburgPart II: South Africa’s Key Bilateral Relations in Africa7.South Africa in Southern Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and ZimbabweLloyd M. Sachikonye, Associate Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 8.South Africa in the Great Lakes: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and RwandaGeorges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor of African Studies, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States (US)9.South Africa in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’IvoireAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg10.South Africa in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan/South SudanGilbert M. Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg11.South Africa in North Africa: Egypt, Algeria, Libya, and TunisiaRawia Tawfik, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, EgyptPart III: South Africa’s Key Multilateral Relations in Africa12.South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chris Saunders, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Cape Town (UCT); and Dawn Nagar, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town 13.South Africa and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)Richard Gibb, Director, Abu Dhabi Men’s College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)14.South Africa and the African Union (AU)Eddy Maloka, South Africa’s Former Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Part IV: South Africa’s Key External Bilateral Relations15.South Africa and the United States: A Pragmatic FriendshipStephen R. Weissman, Former Staff Director of the US House of Representatives’ Sub-committee on Africa16.South Africa and Britain: “An Emerging Power and an Old Friend”Daniel Large, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary17.South Africa and France: A Rising versus a Declining Power?Roland Marchal, Senior Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/ Sciences Po, Paris, France18.South Africa and China: Solidarity and BeyondLiu Haifang, Associate Professor, School of International Studies; and Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Centre for African Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China Part V: South Africa’s Key External Multilateral Relations19.South Africa and the U

This book’s value lies in new and insightful commentary on a comprehensive list of the key themes and issues affecting South African foreign policy over the past 25 years, including domestic drivers of foreign policy; security and defence; peacemaking; human rights; and trade.

Adekeye Adebajo is Professor at the University of Johannesburg and Director of their Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He previously directed the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town from 2003 - 2016. Adebajo is a former Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and former Director of the African Program at the International Peace Institute in New York. He has served on UN missions in South Africa, the Western Sahara and Iraq. He is the author of five books on African politics and multilateralism as well as numerous articles and edited collections.Kudrat Virk is a consultant and researcher based in Cape Town, South Africa. She was previously Senior Researcher at the CCR in Cape Town. Virk is co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa and The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership: Beyond the North-South Debate. She has published in various books and in the journals Global Responsibility to Protect and International Review of the Red Cross. She holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Oxford.

• Introduction: The Concentric Circles of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of JohannesburgPart I: Key Themes in South Africa’s Foreign PolicyThe Domestic Imperatives of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyChris Landsberg, South African Research Chair (SARChI) of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy; and Senior Associate, University of Johannesburg School of Leadership, Johannesburg, South AfricaSouth Africa’s Peacemaking Efforts in Africa: Ideas, Interests, and InfluenceDevon E. A. Curtis, Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, England4.South Africa’s Defence and Security Role: Unravelling the Defence PredicamentSagaren Krishna Naidoo, Director, Defence Policy Formulation, Department of Defence, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa5.Human Rights in South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Light or a Liability?Nicole Fritz, Independent Consultant in International Human Rights Law; and former Executive Director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Johannesburg 6.South Africa’s Corporate Expansion: Towards an “SA Inc.” Approach in AfricaBrendan Vickers, Economic Advisor, Regional Trade and Integration Issues, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, England; and Richard Cawood, Strategy and Transformation Leader, Ernst & Young (EY), JohannesburgPart II: South Africa’s Key Bilateral Relations in Africa7.South Africa in Southern Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and ZimbabweLloyd M. Sachikonye, Associate Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 8.South Africa in the Great Lakes: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and RwandaGeorges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor of African Studies, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States (US)9.South Africa in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’IvoireAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg10.South Africa in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan/South SudanGilbert M. Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg11.South Africa in North Africa: Egypt, Algeria, Libya, and TunisiaRawia Tawfik, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, EgyptPart III: South Africa’s Key Multilateral Relations in Africa12.South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chris Saunders, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Cape Town (UCT); and Dawn Nagar, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town 13.South Africa and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)Richard Gibb, Director, Abu Dhabi Men’s College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)14.South Africa and the African Union (AU)Eddy Maloka, South Africa’s Former Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Part IV: South Africa’s Key External Bilateral Relations15.South Africa and the United States: A Pragmatic FriendshipStephen R. Weissman, Former Staff Director of the US House of Representatives’ Sub-committee on Africa16.South Africa and Britain: “An Emerging Power and an Old Friend”Daniel Large, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary17.South Africa and France: A Rising versus a Declining Power?Roland Marchal, Senior Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/ Sciences Po, Paris, France18.South Africa and China: Solidarity and BeyondLiu Haifang, Associate Professor, School of International Studies; and Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Centre for African Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China Part V: South Africa’s Key External Multilateral Relations19.South Africa and the U

This book’s value lies in new and insightful commentary on a comprehensive list of the key themes and issues affecting South African foreign policy over the past 25 years, including domestic drivers of foreign policy; security and defence; peacemaking; human rights; and trade.

Adekeye Adebajo is Professor at the University of Johannesburg and Director of their Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He previously directed the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town from 2003 - 2016. Adebajo is a former Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and former Director of the African Program at the International Peace Institute in New York. He has served on UN missions in South Africa, the Western Sahara and Iraq. He is the author of five books on African politics and multilateralism as well as numerous articles and edited collections.Kudrat Virk is a consultant and researcher based in Cape Town, South Africa. She was previously Senior Researcher at the CCR in Cape Town. Virk is co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa and The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership: Beyond the North-South Debate. She has published in various books and in the journals Global Responsibility to Protect and International Review of the Red Cross. She holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Oxford.

• Introduction: The Concentric Circles of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of JohannesburgPart I: Key Themes in South Africa’s Foreign PolicyThe Domestic Imperatives of South Africa’s Foreign PolicyChris Landsberg, South African Research Chair (SARChI) of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy; and Senior Associate, University of Johannesburg School of Leadership, Johannesburg, South AfricaSouth Africa’s Peacemaking Efforts in Africa: Ideas, Interests, and InfluenceDevon E. A. Curtis, Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, England4.South Africa’s Defence and Security Role: Unravelling the Defence PredicamentSagaren Krishna Naidoo, Director, Defence Policy Formulation, Department of Defence, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa5.Human Rights in South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Light or a Liability?Nicole Fritz, Independent Consultant in International Human Rights Law; and former Executive Director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Johannesburg 6.South Africa’s Corporate Expansion: Towards an “SA Inc.” Approach in AfricaBrendan Vickers, Economic Advisor, Regional Trade and Integration Issues, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, England; and Richard Cawood, Strategy and Transformation Leader, Ernst & Young (EY), JohannesburgPart II: South Africa’s Key Bilateral Relations in Africa7.South Africa in Southern Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and ZimbabweLloyd M. Sachikonye, Associate Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 8.South Africa in the Great Lakes: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and RwandaGeorges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor of African Studies, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States (US)9.South Africa in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’IvoireAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg10.South Africa in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan/South SudanGilbert M. Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg11.South Africa in North Africa: Egypt, Algeria, Libya, and TunisiaRawia Tawfik, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, EgyptPart III: South Africa’s Key Multilateral Relations in Africa12.South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chris Saunders, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Cape Town (UCT); and Dawn Nagar, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town 13.South Africa and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)Richard Gibb, Director, Abu Dhabi Men’s College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)14.South Africa and the African Union (AU)Eddy Maloka, South Africa’s Former Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Part IV: South Africa’s Key External Bilateral Relations15.South Africa and the United States: A Pragmatic FriendshipStephen R. Weissman, Former Staff Director of the US House of Representatives’ Sub-committee on Africa16.South Africa and Britain: “An Emerging Power and an Old Friend”Daniel Large, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary17.South Africa and France: A Rising versus a Declining Power?Roland Marchal, Senior Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/ Sciences Po, Paris, France18.South Africa and China: Solidarity and BeyondLiu Haifang, Associate Professor, School of International Studies; and Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Centre for African Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China Part V: South Africa’s Key External Multilateral Relations19.South Africa and the U

This book’s value lies in new and insightful commentary on a comprehensive list of the key themes and issues affecting South African foreign policy over the past 25 years, including domestic drivers of foreign policy; security and defence; peacemaking; human rights; and trade.