Aditi joined the Institute in January 2012 after completing a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland (with distinction in coursework). She is also a Chevening Scholar. She has also spent considerable time at The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa as a researcher/writer and in television production. She holds an undergraduate and Honours degree from University of Natal, Durban where she majored in Political Science, Legal Studies and Media and Communications.
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COVID-19’s Impact on South Africa’s Relations with Africa
COVID-19 once again proves the axiom that crises bring out the best – and worst – in us. The same can be said of South Africa’s leadership of the continent during this time. Where there has been strong political will and clear focus, South Africa has m …
How can Zimbabwe Successfully Reintegrate into the International Community?
This report seeks to provide a better understanding of the dynamics and impediments to improving Zimbabwean relations with other states, including those in the West. It makes recommendations for ways in which the country could overcome the current poli …
Positioning South Africa in 21st Century Global Nuclear Security Debates
South Africa’s third term on the UN Security Council (UNSC), which began in January 2019, takes place within a more constrained domestic milieu than its previous terms. Concerns about local economic growth prospects, the state’s dwindling capacity to m …
Tshisekedi’s contested victory and the road ahead for the DRC
In the early hours of 10 January, Congolese election authorities finally announced that Félix Tshisekedi, leader of the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UPDS) won the election held on 30 December 2018, with 38.5% of the vote. Predict …
Troubling Times ahead: Election Scenarios for the DRC
Many observers have welcomed the August announcement that President Joseph Kabila will not be contesting the national elections scheduled for December in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By stepping aside Kabila has averted a constitutional cris …
Sustainable Development Goal 16: The Challenge of Sustaining Peace in Places of Crisis
After much deliberation and wide consultation with stakeholders, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect in September 2015. Deliberations were historic for the fact that they included the input of grassroots organizatio …
Improving SADC Responses to Bring Peace to the DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to skirt crisis, as the elections first postponed in 2016 to December 2017 appear once again to be postponed indefinitely. Amid opposition accusations that he is clinging to power, President Joseph Kabil …
Can South Africa de-escalate the Korean Peninsula crisis?
In the wake of North Korea firing a missile into Japanese airspace on 29 August – which was also the United Nations’ commemorative International Day Against Nuclear Tests – an emergency UN Security Council meeting has been called over the escalation of …
On Becoming a Responsible Great Power: Contextualizing China’s Foray into Human Rights and Peace & Security in Africa
“The deepening of China’s engagement with Africa has also prompted the broadening of its interests on the continent. This has resulted in China’s expansion into increasingly riskier territories, which means there is a greater urgency to protect its int …
A Stitch in Time: Preventive Diplomacy and the Lake Malawi Dispute
“A low-intensity dispute between Malawi and Tanzania threatens regional peace as the two countries contest the demarcation of their national boundaries at Lake Malawi. This long-standing dispute became more urgent when in 2011 the Malawian government i …
Co-operation in the South Atlantic Zone: Amplifying the African Agenda
“South Africa’s foreign policy prioritises peaceful and sustainable growth in Africa by maximising its external engagements in increasingly strategic ways. Until now, Brazil has formed the pivot of South Africa’s engagements in South America, with the …
South Africa’s Foreign Policy: Tempering Dominance through Integration
“Southern Africa has always featured prominently in South Africa’s foreign policy. During apartheid, the National Party government saw fit to unleash a destructive agenda on neighbouring countries as an integral part of its strategy to quash support fo …
South Africa’s Economic Statecraft in Southern Africa: Non-existent or Nascent? An Examination of Relations with Zimbabwe and Swaziland
This occasional paper is concerned with the success of South Africa’s engagement with Zimbabwe and Swaziland in support of a normative and progressive agenda by means of economic incentives and other tools favouring the promotion of democracy and its a …
Mozambique’s Foreign Policy: Pragmatic Non-Alignment as a Tool for Development
“Mozambique has been held up as a veritable poster child of post-conflict success in Africa following the maintenance of relative peace since the end of the civil war in 1992. Much of this has been thanks to a foreign policy successfully pursued on the …
Mozambique and Malawi: Recalibrating a Difficult Relationship
“Mozambique shares the largest portion of its border with Malawi. Despite extensive socio-economic ties linking the two countries, their relationship historically has been a difficult one. This is in marked contrast to Mozambique’s friendly – almost fr …