South Africa can do more to enhance peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and development (PCRD) on the African continent, through capitalising on its unique access to multilateral arrangements such as Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) and India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA). Since 1994, South Africa has made a great effort to integrate and advance itself as a global player and promote African concerns beyond the continent, but what role will its membership of IBSA and BRICS play in advancing its peacebuilding and PCRD activities?

About the author

Naomi Kok is a consultant with the Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Division of the Institute for Security Studies. She previously worked in the ISS’ Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division. She holds a BAdmin in international relations and a BA Hons in political science, both from the University of Pretoria, and she is currently completing an MPhil in multidisciplinary human rights (focused on transitional justice) at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights.

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