ANALISIS GEOSTRATEGI AFRIKA SELATAN SEBAGAI REGIONAL POWER DALAM KERANGKA UBUNTU DIPLOMACY TERHADAP REPUBLIK DEMOKRATIK KONGO

Corvi Diphda, Bintang
Putri Sinaga, Alia Rahma
Safira, Putri Alyaa
Maria Gultom, Gertha
Ramadhani, Yoga
Prima Foraihmbarasi, Angelique Kishiola

Bharasumba Jurnal Multidispliner
Vol 5 No 01 (2026): BHARASUMBA: Jurnal Multidisipliner

This article examines South Africa’s geostrategy as a regional power through Ubuntu Diplomacy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 2011 to 2022. It aims to explain how South Africa’s stable border orientation enabled power projection to a non-neighbouring state and how Ubuntu Diplomacy framed this process. The study uses a case study design. Using Jakub J. Grygiel’s geostrategy framework, the analysis first assesses South Africa’s state borders and border pressure, then maps power projection in the DRC across diplomatic-political, military, and economic instruments. The findings show that relatively stable borders reduced defensive constraints and facilitated long-range power projection, while Ubuntu Diplomacy provided normative justification for these policy choices.