South African foreign policy at 30 years: Non-alignment in a volatile world

This special issue combines articles that emerged from a conference on ‘South African foreign policy at 30: Strengths, challenges, lessons and way forward’ with subsequent article submissions on relevant topics. The special issue covers a number of major themes, reflecting on South Africa’s foreign policy at 30 years, as well as normative insights into the future trajectory of South Africa’s foreign policy in the seventh administration and beyond. These are: 1) South Africa’s foreign policy evolution and strategic positioning at 30 years; 2) peace, security and African agency in a changing global order; and 3) how internal and domestic political dynamics shape South Africa’s external behaviour.