The Impact of Social Media Hashtags on Human Rights in Zimbabwe
Pressure is mounting for the Zimbabwean government to respect the rule of law and respond to multiple human rights violations.
When Military Coups d’état Become Acts of Social Justice
The field of military studies and the field of social justice are often seen as antagonisms, when they do not necessarily have to be.
Can Zimbabwe Move Beyond the Sanctions Rhetoric?
As long as the playing field is not level, inequality between the political elite and the ordinary citizen will ensure that Zimbabwe remains politically unstable and a humanitarian concern.
Exhuming Norms: Comparing Investigations of Forced Disappearances
The norm theories from International Relations fail to account for the differences in interpretation and implementation of the norms surrounding forced disappearance.
African Diplomacy and the Development of Self-Awareness
African diplomacy has not only come of age, but brings something new of benefit to the continent and possibly to the wider world.
Open Access Book – Meditations on Diplomacy: Comparative Cases in Diplomatic Practice and Foreign Policy
This book, by Stephen Chan, explores via a range of examples, the challenges diplomacy faces today as actors seek to change history and undermine interests.
A Ceremonial Ride into the Sunset for Mugabe?
Robert Mugabe, 91 in February 2015, assumed the chairmanship of the African Union; he may be more concerned about stage-managing his legacy than leading the continent.
Showdown in Zimbabwe? ‘IR’ and the Crisis of the Global Political Agreement
After this most recent of Zimbabwe’s showdowns, its people and their allies can either take the bull by the horns or resign themselves to another spell of ‘inclusive government’ purgatory.
Zimbabwe: The Sanctions of No Sanctions
The announcement of a suspension of sanctions pending a credibly free and fair referendum was a very low bar to cross. The real action lies in what is already going on behind the scenes. As with all major diplomatic breakthroughs, a heavy element of cynicism is the accompaniment.
Civil Society and the Zimbabwean Crisis
Underlying the debates about civil society, democratic change and agrarian transformation in Zimbabwe has been a deathly silence on whether civil society in fact exists in post-2000 Zimbabwe.
