Provides analysis of ongoing shifts in the global distribution of power while focusing on longer term trends in global politics. It is particularly interested in how various global powers from the South and North are navigating the changing geopolitical landscape. This programme encourages the development of strategic thinking while analysing South Africa and Africa’s place and strategic priorities in the global landscape.

Key Thematic Areas:

• South Africa and Africa’s place in an evolving geopolitical landscape

• Great power politics and the rise of Southern powers
• The geopolitics of regional integration