Southern Africa and the South Atlantic

Abstract

In placing the crisis in Southern Africa within the broader South Atlantic context, I wish to address four issues: the nature and sources of the crisis; the roles of the superpowers in it; the broader implications of the Southern African conflict for the South Atlantic region; and prospects for and methods of crisis control in the region. By Southern Africa, I mean the Republic of South Africa and those neighbouring states which are significantly affected by South African military activity and economic pressure, namely Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Zambia, Angola, and Namibia. I take the concept of crisis control to include the prevention, limitation, and resolution of crisis.