| 18 December 2014 |
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TALKING POINT
SA tries to change China's relations with Pretoria and Africa
by Peter Fabricius |
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Can South Africa redress its unbalanced economic relationship with Beijing and at the same time harness China's support for regional integration?
President Jacob Zuma's state visit to China earlier this month was euphorically referred to in one report as a 'second coming,' a reference, literally, to the fact that he had just visited Beijing in 2012. But the double entendre was surely not accidental, giving some impression of how reverentially this relationship is regarded in Pretoria.
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| ISS Today |
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Africa must shape international peacebuilding
by Gustavo de Carvalho |
Active participation is needed if Africa is to claim its rightful role in the UN's peacebuilding architecture review in 2015.
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THINK AGAIN: Ruto and Sang, the forgotten defendants
by Simon Allison |
Despite the collapse of Kenyatta's case, the ICC remains the best hope for justice, even if it's only for some of the victims.
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Nuclear weapons: time to change the rules
by Mothepa Shadung and Noel Stott |
Africa, and South Africa in particular, can take the lead in closing the gap in international law that allows the use of nuclear weapons.
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West Africa after Compaoré
by Ousmane Aly Diallo, Esso-Wèdeou Gnamke, Ibrahim Maïga and Fatimata Ouédraogo |
The role of Burkina Faso's former president in the West African region is hard to define, but the political vacuum he leaves cannot be ignored.
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| Publications |
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Élections au Bénin: Entre calculs politiques et incertitudes
par Francis Adébola Laleye |
Le Bénin entre dans un cycle électoral délicat avec trois élections à venir sur fond de calculs politiques risqués.
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Politicians talk past each other as Togo's 2015 elections approach
by Amandine Gnanguênon, Paulin Maurice Toupane and Esso-Wèdeou Gnamke |
Will the politico-institutional deadlock in Togo transform the 2015 election into a non-event?
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| ISS Notice |
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| ISS festive season closure |
| The ISS offices will close on Friday 19 December 2014 and re-open on Tuesday 6 January 2015. |
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