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Is Climate Change Creating More Environmental Refugees than War in Africa? 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd August 2010 The term ‘environmental refugees' is defined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as "those people who have been forced to leave... →
Governance and the War of Words at the End of the Resource Rainbow
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 2nd August 2010 In order to come up with imaginative solutions to the myriad systemic, institutional, economic, social and political challenges that plague the... →
Somalia: To Intervene or Not
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th July 2010 On 23 July 2010, just before the African Union Summit in Kampala, the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping said that he had asked countries such as... →
Currency volatility and overvaluation in the spotlight
By: Terence Creamer 30th July 2010 Greater policy effort to avoid currency overvaluation in South Africa “is warranted”, a newly released Organisation for Economic Cooperation and... →
Build industries, not malls
By: Seeraj Mohamed 30th July 2010 South Africa is faced with economic policy decisions over the short term that will have a huge impact on the lives of our grandchildren and... →
Kenya’s Quest for a New Constitution: the Key Constitutional Moments
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th July 2010 Kenyans go to the polls on August 4th 2010 to vote on the fate of the proposed new constitution. This will be the second time in recent history... →
South African citizenship and the 2010 Citizenship Amendment Bill
By: Chris Watters 28th July 2010 The 2010 SA Citizenship Amendment Bill has been tabled in Parliament and the public have been invited to comment on the proposals put forward by... →
Moving Forward on an Arms Trade Treaty
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th July 2010 Since 2000, efforts to put in place global mechanisms to control the import, export, transfer and transit of weapons have focused on small arms and... →
Mirroring the Structure of Oppression: Notes on Xenophobia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th July 2010 Two weeks after the end of the 2010 fifa World Cup, the much-anticipated outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa has passed with only a few... →
Retraining the Watchdog: A New era for Police Oversight in South Africa?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th July 2010 On Monday 13 July 2010, the South African parliament released the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Bill for public comment. This Bill... →
