While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior research fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
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Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women's University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Visiting Scholar, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
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Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Affairs, Penn State
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Visiting Fellow, Chatham House and member of the Global Europe Centre, University of Kent
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
