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Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Jo-Ansie van Wyk lectures International Politics at the University of South Africa. She obtained her MA in Political Science degree from the University of Stellenbosch, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Pretoria. She has published on political event management, elites and leadership, international relations, foreign policy, space politics, South African politics, nuclear issues, environmental issues and international political economy. She is a Fulbright alumna and a member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art). She has lectured at the South African National Intelligence Academy, the South African National Defence College, the South African War College and the South African Diplomatic Academy. She has completed consultancies for the World Bank, Unesco, the Institute for Security Studies, the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, and Consultancy Africa Intelligence. In June 2010, she was appointed by the minister of trade and industry to serve on the South African Council for Space Affairs.