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Searching with a thematic focus on Peacebuilding, Conflict and security, Governance in South Africa

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    Africa, South Africa, and the United Nations security architecture

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
    The 54-member African Group at the United Nations accounts for over a quarter of the 193-member UN General Assembly, enabling African countries collectively to punch above their weight while providing an opportunity for the continent to pursue its interests at the world body more effectively.
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    Governance and security challenges in post-apartheid Southern Africa: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2013
    Democracy and “good governance” are critical for effective peacebuilding and fostering economic development in Southern Africa.
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    Post-apartheid South Africa’s foreign policy after two decades

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    This report is based on a policy research seminar which convened about 50 leading practitioners, scholars, and civil society activists from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and North America to explore and enhance the potential leadership role that South Africa can play in promoting peace and security, as well as regional integration and development in Africa.
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    South African economic diplomacy: Engaging the private sector and parastatals

    Institute for Security Studies, 2015
    An effective economic-diplomacy policy requires cooperation between the government and the private sector, as has been acknowledged by the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in its White Paper on foreign policy. However, state-business relations in South Africa are characterised by high levels of mistrust and ad hoc engagements.
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    South Africa’s peacekeeping role in Burundi: challenges and opportunities for future peace missions

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2007
    The peaceful resolution of Africa’s conflicts is one of the cornerstones of South Africa’s foreign policy. It is intended to create a better South Africa, Africa, and world.
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    Rising powers and the African security landscape

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    As the rising powers of China, Brazil, India and South Africa extend their economic engagement in Africa, they are also gradually becoming more involved in the African peace and security agenda. The four articles in this report describe and analyse how these rising powers are engaging with the African security landscape:
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    Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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    African Standby Force police roster system: proposed features, operations and processes

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    Although Africa hosts most peacekeeping missions, the rest of the world seems to be reluctant to deploy forces to the continent. Therefore, Africa needs to develop its own peacekeeping capabilities more than any other region.
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    Debates in post-conflict development in Africa: lessons for development agencies

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    Luckily, many post-conflict settings benefit from high levels of international attention and domestic optimism in the immediate aftermath of transition, with no lack of external actors drawn from the diaspora, private sector investors and a plethora of international aid organisations. Yet, channeling this attention towards improved development outcomes is difficult.
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    Internal and external dilemmas of peacebuilding in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    Peacebuilding, as a distinct area of international engagement, developed in the early 1990s within the context of the reform of the conflict prevention and peacekeeping capacity of the UN.

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