Defence transformation in South Africa : sharing the experience with the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo : essay
“There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order”—Machiavelli This essay was written after a team of the Institute for Security Studies visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to share their experiences of the challenges of defence transformation with Congolese officials and members of civil society. It discusses the South African defence transformation process and experience in detail and highlights the imperative for visionary leadership, commitment and communication as prerequisites for successful transformation. The DRC faces a unique opportunity to design and create an optimal national defence force for itself, which will reflect its new and evolving national policy on defence, and therefore the needs of the nation. This poses an exciting challenge and true...
The South African defence review and the redefinition the parameters of the national defence debate: Towards a post‐modern military?
(2000). The South African defence review and the redefinition the parameters of the national defence debate: Towards a post‐modern military? Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 99-127.
Mahler functions and transcendence
Transcendence theory of mahler functions of one variable.- Transcendence theory of mahler functions of several variables.- Algebraic independence of mahler functions and their values.- Applications of elimination theory.- Regular sequences and mahler functions.