(HTML version) by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #3, 07 March 2007.
Africa
On the Threshold of Change: South African Defence Review reflects the continuing struggle to define a military policy for the new era
(HTML version) by Carl Conetta, Charles Knight, and Lutz Unterseher. This commentary reviews the findings of the draft South African Defence Review (SADR) — Report on Posture, released in October 1996. Although the SADR represents an important advance in the new democratic control of the South African military, it has a number of shortcomings in assessing policy objectives, design directives and force requirements and design.
Key Issues in Current South African Defense Planning
(HTML version) by Charles Knight and Carl Conetta, PDA Briefing Memo #9, July 1996. Addresses four areas of defense policy that will have major impact on the strategic direction of South Africa and on defense budgets in the coming decade. These include: Strategic and Operational Doctrine; Regional Military Co-operation; the “Core Force”; and the Level of Technological Investment.
Building Confidence into the Security of Southern Africa
by Carl Conetta, Charles Knight and Lutz Unterseher. PDA Briefing Report #7, July 1996 (revised November 1996). ➪ HTML
Appendix: A Confidence-Building and Affordable South African Defence in 2001.
This report offers guidelines for the development of cooperative regional security and specifies a South African defense posture that would support and encourage cooperation. It includes specifications of the fundamentals of a confidence-building defense posture for the region.