Sanusha Naidu is a foreign policy analyst. Her research interests include democratization in Africa, Africa’s political economy and development; Africa’s relations with emerging powers from the South (BRICS and IBSA), South African foreign policy analysis; and the role of track two diplomacy in international relations. Ms. Naidu has a Masters in International Relations from the University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Sanusha has published extensively on emerging powers, China and India in Africa, and South Africa's domestic politics and electoral trends.