Since the establishment of its constitutional democracy in 1994, South Africa has emerged as an important continental and global player on African issues. The country’s external engagements have focused on  the stabilisation of the African continent and addressing Africa’s marginalisation in global fora. This special issue of the South African Journal of International Affairs, marking the 80th anniversary of the South African Institute of International Affairs, is a compilation of articles from the Journal covering  the development of South African foreign policy over the past twenty years since its re-entry on the world stage.

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• South Africa’s foreign policy: hegemonic aspirations, neoliberal orientations and global transformation

  • Adam Habib

• The foreign policy of the Zuma government: pursuing the ‘national interest’?

  • Chris Landsberg

• South African foreign policy in the post-Mbeki period

  • Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

• What Mbeki did next: Continuities in the presidential and post-presidential diplomacy of Thabo Mbeki

  • Candice Moore

• Engagement matters: South Africa, the United Nations and a rights-based foreign policy

  • Henning Melber

• Building bridges? South African foreign policy and trilateral development cooperation

  • Lesley Masters

• Paradiplomacy and the democratisation of foreign policy in South Africa

  • Fritz Nganje

• Reflections on norm dynamics: South African foreign policy and the no-fly zone over Libya

  • Theo Neethling

• Understanding South Africa’s foreign policy: the perplexing case of Zimbabwe

  • Merle Lipton

• South Africa’s foreign policy: Carving a global niche

  • Chris Landsberg & David Monyae

• South Africa’s foreign policy conundrum

  • Tony Leon

• South African foreign policy, preventive diplomacy and the false promise of conflict resolution

  • Hussein Solomon

• The debate over south Africa’s foreign policy

  • Jack Spence

• South African foreign policy in the new era: Priorities in Africa and the Indian ocean islands

  • Johan Marx

• Foreign policy options for a new South Africa

  • Koos van Wyk

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