From State of Exception to Anti-Coup Dictatorship in Erdoğan’s Turkey
By Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra
Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra maintain Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a poster case for the...
Syria – Trump may just have started WWIII
By Peter Koenig
The conflict in Syria continues to haunt not only the media but also the minds and hearts of people who have witnessed...
Time for African Economic Miracle
By Dan Steinbock
In the 20th century, Africa gained political independence but fell behind the economic boom. In the 21st century, it is Africa’s turn...
SADC Region Seeks to Accelerate Industrialisation amid Challenges in Mining and Energy
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Swaziland summit discusses economic crises in the sub-continent
The Republic of South Africa, the most industrialised state in the region, is still undergoing...
United You Don’t Stand
From the Editors
The latest news about Israel is again about some on-going land grab. This is not new news. This has been going on...
Cracking the Arab World’s Development Puzzle: Oil or Politics?
By Ibrahim Elbadawi and Hoda Selim
Is the Arab World cursed by its own institutions rather than by oil wealth? These institutions, which have predated...
Where Next for Syria?
By James Denselow
The conflict in Syria has been going on for almost six years and despite events in Aleppo would appear to have the...
Managing Human and Intellectual Capital for Sustaining African Organisations
By Hamid H. Kazeroony, Yvonne du Plessis, Bill Buenar Puplampu
In this article, the authors examine the needs of African organisations for human and intellectual...
The Economy of Dubai
By Raimundo Soto
The success of Dubai in using resource rents for economic development and higher welfare, nevertheless, does not rule out the fact that...
How the Rand Exchange Rate Volatility Affects the South African Economy?
By Matthew Kofi Ocran
While the South African rand has historically been characterised with high volatilities, the recent levels of gyrations of the currency, particularly...































































