Leadership plays a critical role in diplomacy. What quality of leadership does South Africa need if it’s to secure its international interests?
This is a question my colleagues and I have had the opportunity to reflect on in researching and writing about foreign policy since the late 1980s.
Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki displayed assertive African and global south leadership. Their successor, Jacob Zuma, did much to reverse the country’s international moral standing.
