Globalization and the New Regionalism in Southern Africa

In order to understand post-Apartheid Southern Africa’s regional dynamics and specifically how it has approached the conundrum of the various features of development and security regionalism, it is important to understand the forces of the new regionalism associated with globalization. Thus, this paper deals with the various concepts of the two important forces characterized by globalization and the new regionalism with outlining the dramatically changed situation and content of the renewed trend towards transformative and open-ended regionalism in the international system. Thereafter, it will try to examine the processes and patterns of development and security regionalism within the context of the new regionalism in Southern Africa with a focus on the first decade of post-Apartheid era.