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  Safeguarding Africa’s natural heritage: the case of mining in protected areas

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  Protected areas (PAs) are conservation management tools designed to safeguard the world’s most threatened species and protect essential ecosystem services and biological resources. Africa is home to 7,000 registered PAs, of which only 41 are listed under UNESCO’s natural World Heritage site status.
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  Ageing in emerging markets: Emerging Markets Symposium

  The Emerging Markets Symposium, 2015

  The rise of emerging markets in the last half century has been associated with violent shifts in the tectonic plates of demography, economics and geography. There will be larger shifts in the next half century as emerging markets are transformed by the megatrends of globalisation, urbanisation, digitisation, climatisation, ideological conflict... and longevity.
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  Extension of social security long - term care protection for older persons: a review of coverage deficits in 46 countries

  International Labour Organization, 2015

  Due to the global demographic ageing, all countries are challenged by growing long-term care (LTC) needs for older persons. However, these needs are largely ignored and range very low on the policy agendas of most countries.
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  Energetic dialogues in South Africa: the Inga example

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  Studies of major hydropower projects such as that at the Grand Inga Dam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stress generation capacity and call for regional integration. Concentrating on the Inga site’s existing and future dams, this paper identifies several challenges to an emerging energy dialogue between Inga’s regional stakeholders.
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  To protect or to intervene?: contesting R2P as a norm in South Africa’s foreign policy

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  The “responsibility to protect” (R2P) allows international community to intervene when states are unable or unwilling to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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  Silk, cinnamon and cotton: emerging power strategies for the Indian Ocean and the implications for Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  This paper sheds light on the growing array of strategic visions for the Indian Ocean from an African lens, focusing particularly on the role that South Africa could play in this area.
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  Co-operation in the South Atlantic Zone: amplifying the African agenda

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  South Africa’s foreign policy prioritises peaceful and sustainable growth in Africa by maximising its external engagements in increasingly strategic ways.
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  South African foreign policy and the UN Security Council: assessing its impact on the African peace and security architecture

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  South Africa (SA)’s two terms – 2007–2008 and 2011–2012 – as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) has received limited scholarly attention. This paper examines the globalisation of SA’s foreign policy through its two-term tenure on the UNSC, focusing on its agenda for the promotion of peace in Africa.
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  The African capacity for immediate response to crisis: advice for African policymakers

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  Despite the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF) within the AU security system, rapid reaction remains a challenging task. The current paper states that the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis (ACIRC) has been proposed following an initiative from South Africa, in order to equip the AU with a rapid deployment instrument.
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  Shifting security challenges in the China–Africa relationship

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  China’s involvement in African security has deepened in recent years. This policy insights paper discusses three aspects of the China–Africa security relationship to highlight some of the evolving challenges and the ways in which China responds to these.

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