Aflevering Ms. Faith Mabera – Military Diplomacy And Defence Diplomacy By South Africa

In this session Ms. Faith Mabera highlights how South-Africa aims at positioning itself as a good international citizen via its defence diplomacy policies. She underlines how South Africa’s policies on defence diplomacy have changed since its transition to a democratic system in 1994 and provides a thorough analysis. She ends with some predictions for the future on how South-Africa’s pursuit of military diplomacy may evolve. This session is hosted by Hester Postma, project officer on Military Diplomacy. About the expert: Faith Mabera is currently a senior researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue. Mabera joined the IGD in October 2014 after completing an MA (cum laude) in International Relations from the University of Pretoria. She also holds a BA Honours degree in International Relations and a BPolSci degree in International Studies, both obtained with distinction from the University of Pretoria. Mabera’s research interests include the Responsibility to Protect, African diplomacy, African foreign policies, African peace and security issues and global governance. She is a regular commentator and analyst on South African media speaking on African foreign policy developments and international relations.