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    China in Afghanistan: balancing power projection and minimal intervention

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2015
    As it was foreseen, the initial months following the start of the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) withdrawal from Afghanistan were harsh for the Afghan government and civilians. In April 2015, the Taliban launched their annual spring offensive ‘Azm’ - their most elaborate attack since they were overturned from power in 2001.
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    Development, sustainability and social justice: the elusive balancing act of African fisheries governance

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The discourse on African fisheries governance is dominated by themes of unrealised potential and crisis. In this respect, illegal fishing and overfishing by foreign industrial vessels, as well as intense fishing pressure in the small-scale sector, have decreased stocks substantially in many coastal and inland waters.
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    India Africa partnership in healthcare: accomplishments and propsects

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    In the decades following India’s independence, the principle of South-South cooperation, particularly in the context of the non-aligned movement, has been at the forefront of India’s foreign policy towards Africa. Now, India and Africa are prepared more than ever to re-establish economic and political relationships to promote their mutual interests.
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    Botswana’s coal: dead in the water or economic game changer?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Botswana possesses substantial coal deposits of 212 billion tonnes, the majority of which are low grade. This paper demonstrates that under favourable conditions, and until solar power becomes a feasible option for supplying base-load electricity, this coal could be either exported or used for local regional electricity production and consumption.
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    ASEAN-India economic relations: opportunities and challenges

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014
    India-ASEAN relations have witnessed remarkable growth in recent years. At the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in 2012 in New Delhi, relations were levated to a Strategic Partnership. Relations have also received new momentum under the Act East Policy.
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    South Africa’s changing foreign policy in a multi-polar world: the influence of China and other emerging powers

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2015
    In recent years, critics of the South African government have accused it of increasingly abandoning its commitments to human rights and democracy in its international engagements.
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    SADC investment perspectives in a changing international investment landscape

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The global arena for foreign direct investment (FDI) has become much more fluid and complex in the five years from 2010 to 2015. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a region has shown exceptional growth but relatively lacklustre FDI inflows.
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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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    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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