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The Coming Oil Supply CrunchThe Coming Oil Supply Crunch
Friday 8 August 2008
The world will experience a serious oil supply crunch within five to ten years unless there is a collapse...

The World Today - Aug/Sept issueThe World Today - Aug/Sept issue
Tuesday 29 July 2008
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches its sixtieth anniversary, this month's The World Today looks at the...

International Affairs – July IssueInternational Affairs – July Issue
Monday 28 July 2008
In this issue of International Afffairs, Thomas Hegghammer traces the history of the Saudi jihadist movement. Based on primary sources...

The Coming Oil Supply Crunch
August, 2008
This report argues that unless there is a collapse in oil demand within the next five to ten years,...

Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States
July, 2008
Since 2003, countries whose economies depend on the export of oil and gas have enjoyed a surge of revenue...

Japan–African Engagement and TICAD IV: Can Japan Lead the Way on African Development?
July, 2008
Japan's relations with Africa date back to the 1600s, but since 1993 it has formalised its engagement with Africa...

Towards Sustainable Management and Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Forests
July, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This paper considers the challenges that need to be addressed within the Democratic Republic of...

 

 

Merle Lipton

Associate Fellow, Africa Programme

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Expertise

  • South Africa - its history and recent political economy developments
  • South Africa's growing role in Africa

Projects

  • Research on the links between South African foreign policy and domestic politics.
  • Convening a series of meetings on 'The role of Agriculture in combating poverty and promoting economic growth in Africa'.
  • Convening a series of roundtables on Southern Africa.

Recent Publications

  • Liberals, Marxists & Nationalists: Competing interpretations of South African History, Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
  • Co-editor/Contributor, Land, Labour and Livelihoods in Rural South Africa, Indicator Press, Durban, 1997.
  • Co-editor/contributor, State and Market in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Witwatersrand University Press, 1993.
  • The Challenge of Sanctions, Centre for the Study of the South African Economy, London School of Economics, 1991.
  • Sanctions & South Africa: the dynamics of economic isolation, Economist Intelligence Unit, 1988.
  • Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa, 1910-84. Wildwood Press, Alderhot. 1985. Updated edition with an Epilogue in 1986.

Experience

  • Presented invited testimony to United States Congressional committees on the impact of economic sanctions on South Africa, and also before expert committees of the United Nations.
  • Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House
  • Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Centre for Southern Africa, Sussex University
  • Professorial Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, Washington DC
  • Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC
  • Research Fellow at the Centre for Southern African Studies, Yale University