SAIIA Podcast Episode 4: 2011 Year-end Review: A look back at some of the major foreign policy developments that affected South Africa and Africa


22 December 2011: SAIIA’s National Director, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, looks back at the major foreign policy developments from a South African and African perspective.

Has South Africa benefitted from joining the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC, now called the BRICS) group of emerging powers? How did the country do in its second term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council? And what foreign policy lessons should President Jacob Zuma as his government take away in the light of this year’s Libya crisis as a member of the African Union?

[Duration: 08min 10sec] Download & Listen
This podcast was produced by Chevon Erasmus Porter, and is copyright of SAIIA.

The views expressed in this multimedia are those of the author/s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).

21 Dec 2011

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