| Betrayal of the promise: how South Africa is being stolen H Bhorat, M Buthelezi, I Chipkin, S Duma, L Mondi, C Peter, M Qobo, ... State Capacity Research Project, 1-72, 2017 | 180 | 2017 |
| Shadow state: The politics of state capture I Chipkin, M Swilling, H Bhorat, M Qobo, S Duma, L Mondi, C Peter, ... NYU Press, 2018 | 146 | 2018 |
| The challenges of regional integration in Africa: In the context of globalisation and the prospects for a United States of Africa M Qobo Institute for Security Studies Papers 2007 (145), 16, 2007 | 97 | 2007 |
| The fall of the ANC: What next? P Mashele, M Qobo (No Title), 2014 | 72 | 2014 |
| The rise of emerging powers in the global development finance architecture: The case of the BRICS and the New Development Bank M Qobo, M Soko South African Journal of International Affairs 22 (3), 277-288, 2015 | 60 | 2015 |
| South Africa's foreign economic strategies in a changing global system M Qobo, M Dube South African Journal of International Affairs 22 (2), 145-164, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| Ubuntu, public policy ethics and tensions in South Africa's foreign policy M Qobo, N Nyathi South African Journal of International Affairs 23 (4), 421-436, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Refocusing South Africa's economic diplomacy: the ‘African Agenda’and emerging powers M Qobo South African Journal of International Affairs 17 (1), 13-28, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| The role of China in Africa’s industrialization: The challenge of building global value chains M Qobo, G Le Pere Journal of Contemporary China 27 (110), 208-223, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| Regional integration, trade and conflict in Southern Africa M Qobo Regional trade integration and conflict resolution, 45, 2009 | 20 | 2009 |
| Africa's foreign policy and nation branding: Regional leadership and its discontents M Qobo The Strategic Review for Southern Africa 39 (1), 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| India in Africa: Implications for Norwegian foreign and development policies SS Eriksen, A Biswas, AK Dubey, Ø Eggen, M Qobo NUPI Report, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 15, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Developmental state construction and strategic regionalism: The continental reach of South Africa's development finance institutions M Qobo, D Motsamai Global Policy 5 (3), 353-359, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| The role of the BRIC in Africa's development: drivers and strategies M Soko, M Qobo Journal for Contemporary History 41 (1), 80-102, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| Emerging powers and the changing global environment: Leadership, norms and institutions M Qobo South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Creating more walls than Brics M Soko, M Qobo Mail and Guardian 11, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Saudi Arabia as an emerging market: Commercial opportunities and challenges for south africa M Qobo, M Soko South African Institute of International affairs, 2010 | 13 | 2010 |
| Betrayal of the promise: How the nation is being stolen H Bhorat, M Buthelezi, I Chipkin, S Duma, L Mondi, M Peter, M Qobo, ... State Capacity Research Project, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| The BRIC pitfalls and South Africa’s place in the world M Qobo Sunday Independent 14, 2011, 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
| Building state capacities and dynamic capabilities to drive social and economic development: The case of South Africa M Mazzucato, M Qobo, R Kattel The Future of the South African Political Economy Post-COVID 19, 43, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
