Professor Anthoni van Nieuwkerk

	Name	Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
	Highest qualification	PhD (University of the Witwatersrand)
	Position	Professor in International and Diplomacy Studies
	Contact details	vnieka@unisa.ac.za
	Research interests/expertise	International affairs; foreign and security policy; African peace and security
	Teaching	International and Diplomacy Studies, Public Policy; Foreign Policy; National Security; Security Sector Governance
	Current projects	Book project on violent extremism in Southern Africa

Short biography

Anthoni van Nieuwkerk holds a doctorate in International Relations from Wits University (Johannesburg). Having been research-active from the early 1990s, he has pursued an academic career in postgraduate teaching, supervision, and policy analysis from 2000. In 2015, the South African government appointed him to the South African Council on International Relations and, in 2018, to the Presidential High-level Review Panel into Intelligence. Anthoni is a skilled institutional architect and experienced academic manager, facilitator and programme evaluator.

He publishes widely on African foreign and security policy, has participated in several scenario exercises, and has broad experience with advising policymakers and practitioners in the South African government, SADC and the African Peer Review Mechanism.

He coordinates a network of Southern African academics and practitioners, is a senior research associate at Good Governance Africa, a Smuts Memorial Trust trustee, and serves as editorial board member of several accredited journals.

Selected publications

• Chingotuane, E., Sidumo, E., Hendricks, C. & Van Nieuwkerk, A. (2021). Strategic options for managing violent extremism in southern Africa: The case of Mozambique. Maputo: FES, Johannesburg: Wits School of Governance.
• Van Nieuwkerk, A. (2021). Defining a progressive South African leadership role in Africa. In South Africa's African agenda: Prospects and challenges, edited by G. le Pere & A. van Nieuwkerk. Johannesburg: Concerned Africans Forum and Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• Van Nieuwkerk, A. (2021). The crisis of our lifetime: Africa's strategic options. Africa Insight, 51(1).
• Van Nieuwkerk, A. (2021). Building anticipatory governance in SADC: Post Covid-19 conflict and defence outlook. SAIIA Occasional Paper 323. Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs.
• Van Nieuwkerk, A. & C. Manganyi. (2020). South Africa's maritime foreign policy: A conceptual framework. Scientia Militaria (special edition).