Priyal Singh | ISS Africa

21 May 2025 / by Priyal Singh

NATO and the G7: global power fractures that Africa must watch

Geopolitical shifts in the Western alliance could considerably impact Africa’s fortunes.

17 Feb 2025 / by Priyal Singh

All bets are off between Washington and Pretoria

Bilateral relations are now in uncharted territory, necessitating a radical rethink by South Africa of its US foreign policy.

20 Jan 2025 / by Ronak Gopaldas & Priyal Singh

The Trump threat: how worried should South Africa be?

The cracks in US-SA bilateral ties are more than apparent, but not all is gloom and doom.

30 Oct 2024 / by Priyal Singh

BRICS Summit 2024: everything, everywhere, all at once?

Ushering in a multipolar order requires a streamlined and coherent political agenda – not unfocused expansion.

02 Jul 2024 / by Priyal Singh

How will SA’s new coalition government steer foreign policy?

The challenge of decision making by consensus may see South Africa adopting more middle-of-the-road policies on pressing global challenges.

24 Jan 2024 / by Priyal Singh & Ronak Gopaldas

South Africa’s ICJ case has already altered its foreign policy space

Regardless of what the World Court decides, a recalibration of South Africa’s bilateral relations will be needed.

29 Sep 2023 / by Priyal Singh

Going nowhere slowly at the UN General Assembly’s annual debate

At this critical juncture in world affairs, the general debate should have featured more solutions and better leadership.

30 Aug 2023 / by Priyal Singh

BRICS+ and the tricky business of balancing global geopolitics

Will an expanded BRICS precipitate a new international order, or collapse under the weight of its internal contradictions?

19 Jul 2023 / by Priyal Singh and Denys Reva

Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?

To avoid being seen as passive agents endorsing Moscow’s narrow global interests, African leaders must assert the continent’s priorities.

04 Jul 2023 / by Dawit Yohannes, Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Emmaculate Liaga, Christian Ani, Priyal Singh and Meressa Kahsu

Regional conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Africa: pathway for the New Agenda for Peace

The New Agenda for Peace must recognise and promote African agency and leadership in regional responses to crises on the continent.

23 Jun 2023 / by Priyal Singh and Denys Reva

African peace mission: one step forward, one step back?

Although the initiative is a milestone in Africa’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a better organised, broader collective effort is needed.

22 May 2023 / by Priyal Singh

Wheels come off South Africa’s hollow version of non-alignment

A foreign policy of non-alignment only works when based on a dispassionate and objective reading of global geopolitics.