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Inside South Africa's Foreign Policy: Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

Inside South Africa's Foreign Policy: Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

Siko, John

Paperback

Series: International Library of African Studies

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1784537365
ISBN13: 9781784537364
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: May 8 2016
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's diplomacy over the last decades has been a disappointing failure-from appearing to back the controversial Mugabe regime to accusations that it is failing to utilize its position to encourage Chinese investment. John Siko has had insider access to the corridors of power in South Africa, and, with access to the major political players, charts the inability of South Africa to develop a coherent policy over the last four decades. In particular, he reveals the tight grip Mbeki has over foreign policy, to the detriment of SA's standing in the world, and argues South Africa's isolationist style of policy making has not changed enough after Mandela's election in 1994.

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