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    Before and beyond energy: contextualising the India–Africa partnership

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    India’s growing economy and the increasing demand for energy to support its development have opened a new dimension to India–Africa relations. While the India–Africa relationship is not new, the partnership has expanded into new, diverse areas, with energy being foremost among them.
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    Brazil’s South–South co-operation strategies: from foreign policy to public policy

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Since 2003 Brazil’s foreign policy has shifted from a need for credibility (adherence to international regimes, respect for norms, greater proximity to the West) towards a search for political autonomy based on regionalism and new coalitions.
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    From non-indifference to responsibility while protecting: Brazil’s diplomacy and the search for global norms

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Brazil has traditionally based its foreign policy on the principle of non-intervention in the affairs of other states. With the goal of attaining a permanent seat on the Security Council – a constant aspiration of former president Lula’s government – the country has demonstrated its effective engagement in peace operations.
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    A year after Busan: where is the global partnership going?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in  (HLF4) in Busan, South Korea, in 2012, saw the inclusion of the private sector and the emerging economies under the umbrella of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC).
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    Russia–South Africa relations: collaboration in BRICS and the G-20

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Currently economic collaboration between Russia and South Africa is very limited, and Russia places more weight on co-operation in international relations rather than on economic opportunities afforded by the BRICS forum.
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    Global governance and the KAS guidelines: the view from India

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) guidelines are a framework for discussions on issues of global economic governance that could be relevant for all G-20 countries. This paper sets out to examine India’s approach to the guidelines against its internal and external policies and the general background of current changes and challenges in world economic governance.
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    Will Chinese trade preferences aid African LDCs?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Trade and investment drive China’s headline relations with African states. Sino-African trade has grown more than tenfold since 1995, and China is now the continent’s third-largest export market. As is well known, Beijing’s interest in Africa is principally about securing primary products – energy especially – for its growing economy.
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    Values versus interests in the G-20’s global economic governance effort: a South African perspective

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    As the world moves towards a multipolar power structure, so global economic governance becomes more challenging. One central issue is the need for major powers to find a basis on which to collaborate. For this reason, there is a rising interest in the potential of values to guide global norms in general and economic negotiations in particular.
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    The burdens of multilateral engagement and club diplomacy for middle-income countries: the case of South Africa in the Brics and the G-20

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    South Africa is a member of both the G-20 and the BRICS, which is a significant positioning for the country’s global strategy. This further enhances the country’s weight as Africa’s powerhouse. This membership occurs at a time when global governance is in a sustained state of flux, with no discernible leadership anchorage.
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    The BRICS in the emerging global economic architecture

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    For more than 10 years South Africa has been part of a group of countries, invariably including China, India and Brazil, responsible for forming the elements that have the potential of altering the dynamics of several multilateral processes. But South Africa’s inclusion in the BRICS has not been without its controversies.

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