The security dilemma evident in South Africa’s foreign policy towards Africa

South Africa’s (SA) ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is looking to expand SA’s influence and power in the region and on the African continent in order to advance domestic socio-economic development. In the process, SA’s political identity is changing. Much of the article also focuses on the evolution or adaptation of the national political identity of SA. This discussion shows that there is a risk that the new political identity may not be accepted by the majority of South African citizens or by its allies in the region and on the continent. If the new political identity fails to take hold and domestic socio-economic problems are not addressed, the ANC could lose its future political support while anarchy and uncertainty, in the context of the ‘security dilemma’, may further perpetuate to the general public and partnering states. An exacerbating factor is the fact that SA’s domestic policies are linked to its foreign policies. Failures to successfully introduce domestic policies may also hold negative consequences for its foreign policy objectives and may well lead to unintended rivalry and conflict in the region and the continent

Development economics · Dilemma · Economics · Foreign policy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rivalry · Security Dilemma · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · South African History and Culture

• The Security Dilemma

  Open Access•Shiping Tang•Theory of Security Strategy for…•2010

  Incluir item

• Contemporary Security Studies

  Benjamin Zala•Medicine Conflict & Survival•2010

  Incluir item

• South Africa in the BRICS

  Open Access•Hany Besada, M Evren Tok•Journal of International and…•2014

  Incluir item

• Balancing National Uncertainty and Foreign Orientation

  Inna Melnykovska, Rainer Schweickert et al.•Europe Asia Studies•2011

  Incluir item

• South African Foreign Policy Review

  Christopher Saunders, Chris Saunders•South African Historical Journal•2013

  Incluir item

• Regional power South Africa

  Daniel Flemes•Journal of Contemporary African…•2009

  Incluir item

• Just the beginning for ubuntu

  Thaddeus Metz•South African Journal of Philosophy•2014

  Incluir item

• The World Cup, Vuvuzelas, Flag-Waving Patriots and the Burden of Building South Africa

  Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni•Third World Quarterly•2011

  Incluir item

• Foreign Policy in Transition

  Matthew Graham•The Round Table•2012

  Incluir item

• South African diplomacy and security complex theory

  Marie Muller•The Round Table•1999

  Incluir item

• South Africa’s Resource Curses and Growing Social Resistance

  Patrick Bond•Monthly Review•2014

  Incluir item

• The Financial Crisis, Contested Legitimacy, and the Genesis of Intra-BRICS Cooperation

  Oliver Stuenkel•Global Governance A Review of…•2013

  Incluir item

• The Security Dilemma

  Shiping Tang•Security Studies•2009

  Incluir item

• The South African Transition

  Open Access•Steffen Jensen•Development and Change•2005

  Incluir item

• Toward a Developmental Foreign Policy

  Chris Landsberg•Social research•2005

  Incluir item

• Reflections on Thabo Mbeki's African Renaissance

  Elias K Bongmba•Journal of Southern African Studies•2004

  Incluir item

• Reform in Defence of Sovereignty

  Open Access•Paul-Henri Bischoff, Paul‐henri Bischoff•Africa Spectrum•2009

  Incluir item

• Afrikaner Capital Elites, Neo-Liberalism and Economic Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

  Rebecca Davies•African Studies•2012

  Incluir item