Summary

This latest volume of S outh African Foreign Policy Review assesses South Africa's foreign policy during the presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa. Focusing on such themes as foreign policy leadership, policy architecture, diplomacy, national interests, and the country's bi- and multilateral relations, the authors also consider how South Africa can maintain--and even increase--its role both in the region and internationally.

CONTENTS: Foreword--Ambassador Welile Nhlapo. INTRODUCING THE NEW DAWN. A New Dawn for South African Foreign Policy?--the Editors. THE NEW DAWN: REIMAGINING IDEAS, NORMS, AND IDENTITY. South African Foreign Policy and the Search for Ontological Security--B. Naude. To Be or Not to Be? Is South Africa a Good International Citizen?--S. Graham. The Art of Reconciling Power and Morality: South Africa's Norm Entrepreneurship Under Cyril Ramaphosa--M. Nargar. CONSTRUCTING THE NEW DAWN: ARCHITECTURE, ACTORS, AND INSTRUMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN FOREIGN POLICY. Parliament and International Agreements: A Systems Perspective on Foreign Policy Oversight--N. Leibrandt-Loxton. The Youth and South African Foreign Policy: Influencers or Passive Observers?--S. Botha. South Africa's Maritime Diplomacy--L. Otto. South Africa's Defense Diplomacy: A Viable Instrument of Foreign and Security Policy--F. Mabera. Towards the Urbanization of Foreign Policy in South Africa?--F. Nganje and O. Ayodele. South African Foreign Policy, Covid-19, and Health Diplomacy: Sunset or New Dawn?--J-A. van Wyk, L. Masters, and P. Methembu. SEARCHING FOR A NICHE IN THE NEW DAWN. The Quest for Continental Peace and Security--C. Hendricks. Women, Peace and Security, and the African Continental Free Trade Area: Consolidating the Nexus in South Africa's Foreign Policy--N. Bayat and D. Luke. South Africa's Economic Diplomacy in Africa--C. Vandome. African Engagement in Club Governance: A Boon for Economic Diplomacy--A. Muresan. South Africa's Candidature Diplomacy--J-A. van Wyk. Constituting a Post-Hegemonic World Order? Canada, South Africa, and the Fragility of "Middlepowerism"--D.R. Black and D.J. Hornsby. Conflicting Perspectives and Cooperative Connections: South African-US Relations During the Ramaphosa Administration--C. Williams. CONCLUSION: A NEW DAWN DEFERRED? The New Dawn in a Turbulent Geopolitical Landscape: South Africa, Africa, and the Global Balance of Forces--P. Mthembu and F. Kornegay.