Joel Netshitenzhe, MISTRA Executive Director gave the opening address at MISTRA’s international conference, titled: Thucydides Trap or Orderly Multipolar World? Challenges and Opportunities for Africa.

The event was hosted in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the Consulate General of India, in Sandton, Johannesburg from 10 to 11 October.

The conference brought together prominent scholars and policymakers from Africa and beyond with the aim of developing strategic African responses to emerging global challenges, and discuss global issues from an African perspective.