Barking at the big dogs: South Africa's foreign policy towards the Middle East

• Main Author: JORDAAN, Eduard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: South African foreign policy; Middle East; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Lebanon; Iran; Iraq; International Relations; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/563; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1562/viewcontent/BarkingBigDogsSouthAfrica_2008.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article places South Africa's foreign policy towards the Middle East in the context of the country's general foreign policy. South Africa is classified as a middle power, given its penCHANt for international 'bridge-building' and multilateralism. With regard to the Middle Ea...