An overview of the EU-SA Strategic Partnership 10 years on : diverging world views, persisting interests
- Landsberg, Chris, Hierro, Lara
- Authors: Landsberg, Chris , Hierro, Lara
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: South Africa , EU , Strategic Partnership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/254610 , uj:26658 , Citation: Landsberg, C. & Hierro, L. 2017. An overview of the EU-SA Strategic Partnership 10 years on : diverging world views, persisting interests.
- Description: Abstract: The EU-SA Strategic Partnership (SP) has entered its 10th year. It is a product of its time and particular regional and international circumstances. These having changed somewhat over the course of the last decade, it is not surprising that the dynamics of the relationship, expressed through the strategic partnership’s parameters, have undergone commensurate changes. Based on the recognition that the partnership is between a multilateral institution and a state, the difference in their respective strategic positions is inevitable. The challenge therefore, is for the EU-SA Strategic Partnership to maintain a flexibility that allows for continued contestation, development and relevance. This paper reviews the historical context of the partnership and the challenging dynamics that have evolved over the lifespan of partnership, providing the basis for the thematic discussion which follow in this issue. The analysis in this article demonstrates that in spite of acknowledged challenges, the functionality of the strategic partnership based on persisting interests remains intact.
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- Authors: Landsberg, Chris , Hierro, Lara
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: South Africa , EU , Strategic Partnership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/254610 , uj:26658 , Citation: Landsberg, C. & Hierro, L. 2017. An overview of the EU-SA Strategic Partnership 10 years on : diverging world views, persisting interests.
- Description: Abstract: The EU-SA Strategic Partnership (SP) has entered its 10th year. It is a product of its time and particular regional and international circumstances. These having changed somewhat over the course of the last decade, it is not surprising that the dynamics of the relationship, expressed through the strategic partnership’s parameters, have undergone commensurate changes. Based on the recognition that the partnership is between a multilateral institution and a state, the difference in their respective strategic positions is inevitable. The challenge therefore, is for the EU-SA Strategic Partnership to maintain a flexibility that allows for continued contestation, development and relevance. This paper reviews the historical context of the partnership and the challenging dynamics that have evolved over the lifespan of partnership, providing the basis for the thematic discussion which follow in this issue. The analysis in this article demonstrates that in spite of acknowledged challenges, the functionality of the strategic partnership based on persisting interests remains intact.
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Short term interests, long term perspectives : balancing South Africa’s peace and security approach in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership
- Authors: Hierro, L.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: EU , South Africa , Strategic partnership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/254588 , uj:26656 , Citation: Hierro, L. 2017. Short term interests, long term perspectives : balancing South Africa’s peace and security approach in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership.
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s peace and security outlook in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership has been guided by the content and substance of the founding document, which incorporates an interdependent approach to development. For South Africa, engagement in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership is framed by its historical background, its identity and the content of its foreign policy. South Africa’s foreign policy in particular adopts an integrated approach to securing the state within its surrounding regional and continental geography. This article reviews South Africa’s approach to peace and security, in the context of the strategic partnership. The article argues that, overall, South Africa’s definition of peace and security is compatible with that of the EU, however, Pretoria’s vision of how it provides peace and security has naturally changed in line with the varying international circumstances in which it has found itself. While this has proved difficult at times to reconcile peace and security collaboration in the strategic partnership has managed to remain intact.
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- Authors: Hierro, L.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: EU , South Africa , Strategic partnership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/254588 , uj:26656 , Citation: Hierro, L. 2017. Short term interests, long term perspectives : balancing South Africa’s peace and security approach in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership.
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s peace and security outlook in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership has been guided by the content and substance of the founding document, which incorporates an interdependent approach to development. For South Africa, engagement in the EU-SA Strategic Partnership is framed by its historical background, its identity and the content of its foreign policy. South Africa’s foreign policy in particular adopts an integrated approach to securing the state within its surrounding regional and continental geography. This article reviews South Africa’s approach to peace and security, in the context of the strategic partnership. The article argues that, overall, South Africa’s definition of peace and security is compatible with that of the EU, however, Pretoria’s vision of how it provides peace and security has naturally changed in line with the varying international circumstances in which it has found itself. While this has proved difficult at times to reconcile peace and security collaboration in the strategic partnership has managed to remain intact.
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