Strategic Insights

Submissions should be sent in Word format via email to Prof Barend L. Prinsloo (barend.prinsloo@nwu.ac.za). The CGSS retains sole discretion as to whether any material will be published.

 
 
 
Black and white globe to illustrate strategic insights

 

"Executive prerogative and the ethics of decision-making in the South African Security Cluster"

Author: Dr Lincoln Cave
Date: 31 March 2026
Serial #: SI7-03/26LCave

 

"The questionable sanctioning of ICC judges by the Trump Administration"

Author: Dr Casper Lutter
Date 30 September 2025
Serial #:SI6-09/25

 

"The Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Mkhwanazi allegations: Is Another Commission serving the Common Good?"

Author: Dr Lincoln Cave
Series Editor: Prof Barend L. Prinsloo
Date: 16 July 2025
Serial#: SI5-07/25LCave 

 

"Destroying the Conventional Chain of Command - The Media Briefing by KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi"

Author: Mr Cobus Steenkamp
Date 10 July 2025
Serial #:SI4-07/25CSteenkamp

 

"The Lady R docking in Simon’s Town: Implications for South Africa’s national security governance in an evolving geopolitical environment"

Author: Dr L Cave
Date: 16 June 2025
Serial #: SI2-06/25/LCave

 

"The Israel-Iran conflict and its impact on Africa and South Africa"

Author: Dr Benjamin Rapanyane
Date: 16 June 2025
Serial #: SI3-06/25/BRapanyane

 

Decoding the 2025 Trump administration: "Drill, Baby, Drill"

A lesson for Africa

Prof Barend Prinsloo

31 March 2025

A paper presented for the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) on the topic of “African Geopolitics – Trade and Markets for 2025”

 

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