South Africa: Security crises – Six big things for defence forces to think about

The Western failure in Afghanistan, Russia’s war in Ukraine, the disappointment of both African and UN-led peacekeeping efforts in Democratic Republic of the Congo, seemingly endless wars in Sudan and across the Sahel, ratcheting tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the brutal war in Gaza – on both sides of Israel’s border – and the threat of a second northern front with Lebanon, the constant violence in the Red Sea…  

The list of security crises is growing at an exponential…