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Joan Swart
Dr Joan Swart is a forensic psychologist and military analyst specialising in security studies, geopolitics, and strategic affairs, with a particular focus on Africa. She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Stellenbosch Military Academy
External pressure and internal consolidation: Lessons from Iran, Somaliland and South Africa
This is a familiar pattern. External intervention reframes political identity from internal contestation to collective defence
The rise and erosion of liberal democracy
Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed by decline
Somaliland and the African border dilemma
But insisting that borders are absolutely sacred under all circumstances brings its own dangers