International Politics
Introduction
Within the framework of its International Politics Programme, HBS Southern Africa aims to strengthen the international discourse on issues of resource governance and foreign and security affairs in Africa. The foundation is especially interested in South Africa’s role as an active player on the continent and globally as well as in emerging powers such as China or India that entered the scramble for Africa’s natural resources. As such, the foundation hosts conferences and supports research on these and related subjects.

Our hope is that such efforts will contribute to an improved understanding of issues that are of strategic importance to (Southern) Africa’s development agenda and enhance South-North and South-South networking and exchange.    

For more information, please contact Jochen Luckscheiter, International Politics Programme Manager: jochen'at'boell.org.za

STUDY

January 15, 2010 - Tanzania’s mining sector has grown rapidly in recent years. This study provides background information on the industry, its impacts, and the legal and political environment of its operation. It argues for a joint effort of all stakeholders to overcome typical challenges of the extractive resource industry in Africa, in order to make Tanzania the “best performer in her class”. more»

CONFERENCE PUBLICATION

February 10, 2010 - This new publication presents the critical themes that informed the debates during the conference ‘Climate Change, Resources, Migration: Old and New Sources of Conflict in Africa?’ hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2009 in Cape Town. The conference, while analysing the current state of Africa’s peace and security architecture, focused on the structural root causes of conflict in Africa and on the question of whether the security framework in place offers appropriate answers to deal with these challenges. more»

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