Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
National Director
Programme Head EU-Africa Project
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Areas of Research Expertise:
- South African foreign policy
- European Union, and EU-Africa relations
- Global governance and emerging powers
Background:
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos has a M.A. (with distinction) in International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand. Prior to joining SAIIA her previous experience was as Research Director at the South African Institute of Race Relations and editor of the South Africa Survey.
Form 1999 to 2005 she was Director of Studies at SAIIA. She was briefly the editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of International Affairs and the South African Yearbook of International Affairs. She has held the position of National Director of SAIIA since 2005.
Language:
English, Greek, Afrikaans (intermediate), French (intermediate).
Recent publications:
Vines A and Sidiropoulos E, ‘India and Africa: India Calling', The World Today, vol. 64, no.4, April 2008.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘South Africa's Regional Engagement for Peace and Security', FRIDE Comment, October 2007.
Special issue of South African Journal of International Affairs on India in Africa, vol.14, no.2, 2007. Co-edited with Alex Vines
Kotsopoulos J and Sidiropoulos E, ‘Continental shifts? Redefining EU-Africa Relations', European Policy Centre Policy Briefing, November 2007.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘Towards more inclusive informal global governance: A view from South Africa', in Global Governance, vol.13, no.3, July-September 2007.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘Room for pride, but also room for more ESDP consistency', Europe's World, no 6, Summer 2007.
Sidiropoulos E and Chevallier R, ‘Better Governance, more growth', African Agenda for 2007: Suggestions for the German G8 and EU Council Presidencies. German Development Institute, Discussion Paper 4/2007.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘China and Africa: Into Africa', in The World Today, vol. 62, no. 10, October 2006.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘Options for the Lion in the Age of the Dragon', South African Journal of International Affairs, vol. 13, issue 1, Summer/Autumn 2006.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘A New International Order? Multilateralism and its Discontents: A view from South Africa', in South African Yearbook of International Affairs 2005. Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2006.
Mills G and E Sidiropoulos, ‘China's "global offensive"', in G Le Pere (ed.), China Through the Third Eye: South African Perspectives. Midrand: Institute for Global Dialogue, 2004.
Sidiropoulos E and T Hughes, ‘Between Democratic Governance and Sovereignty: The Challenge of South Africa's Africa Policy', in Sidiropoulos E (ed.), Apartheid Past, Renaissance Future: South Africa's Foreign Policy 1994-2004. Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2004.
Sidiropoulos E, ‘Southern Africa's Sanctions Experience: Bringing About Change?' in Mills G and E Sidiropoulos (eds), New Tools for Reform and Stability: Sanctions, Conditionalities and Conflict Resolution. Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2004.
