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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
This is a familiar pattern. External intervention reframes political identity from internal contestation to collective defence
Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed by decline
But insisting that borders are absolutely sacred under all circumstances brings its own dangers
