Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa : Security, Diplomacy and Trade

“South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African member of the G20. It is also the only strategic partner of the EU in Africa. Yet despite being so strategically and economically significant, there is little scholarship that focuses on South Africa as a regional hegemon. This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of South Africa's post-Apartheid foreign policy. Over its 23 chapters - -and with contributions from established Africa, Western, Asian and American scholars, as well as diplomats and analysts - the book examines the current pattern of the country's foreign relations in impressive detail. The geographic and thematic coverage is extensive, including chapters on: the domestic imperatives of South Africa's foreign policy; peace-making; defence and security; bilateral relations in Southern, Central, West, Eastern and North Africa; bilateral relations with the US, China, Britain, France and Japan; the country's key external multilateral relations with the UN; the BRICS economic grouping; the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP); as well as the EU and the World Trade Organization (WTO). An essential resource for researchers, the book will be relevant to the fields of area studies, foreign policy, history, international relations, international law, security studies, political economy and development studies.” Cover Author Biography Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction. The Concentric Circles of South Africa’s Foreign Policy Part I. Key Themes in South Africa’s Foreign Policy 1. The Domestic Imperatives of South Africa’s Foreign Policy 2. South Africa’s Peacemaking Efforts in Africa: Ideas, Interests and Influence 3. South Africa’s Defence and Security Role: Unravelling the Defence Predicament 4. Human Rights in South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Light or a Liability? 5. South Africa’s Corporate Expansion: Towards an “SA Inc.” Approach in Africa Part II. South Africa’s Key Bilateral Relations in Africa 6. South Africa in Southern Africa: Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe 7. South Africa in the Great Lakes: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda 8. South Africa in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana and Coˆte d’Ivoire 9. South Africa in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan/South Sudan 10. South Africa in North Africa: Egypt, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia Part III. South Africa’s Key Multilateral Relations in Africa 11. South Africa and the Southern African Development Community 12. South Africa in the Southern African Customs Union 13. South Africa and the African Union Part IV. South Africa’s Key External Bilateral Relations 14. South Africa and the United States: A Pragmatic Friendship 15. South Africa and Britain: “An Emerging Power and an Old Friend” 16. South Africa and France: A Rising Versus a Declining Power? 17. South Africa and China: Solidarity and Beyond Part V. South Africa’s Key External Multilateral Relations 18. South Africa and the United Nations 19. South Africa and the World Trade Organisation 20. South Africa; the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group; and the European Union 21. South Africa and the BRICS Part VI. Concluding Reflections Conclusion Epilogue Index Back Cover "After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation. Fighting against the new 'Iron Curtain' which had fallen across the world, and battling the person disappointment of losing the 1945 election in Britain, Churchill dedicated the rest of his life to forging a united Europe. This book, based in part on new evidence, tells the story of these fascinating years in Churchill's postwar history."