Archives for April 2018
Yuen Yuen Ang | May/June 2018 Issue | Foreign Affairs Work in progress: repainting in Jiaxing, China, May 2014 . Chance Chan / Reuters Sooner or later this economy will slow,” the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman declared of China in 1998. He …
‘Zambia will become another Zimbabwe,’ warns opposition leader Published: April 28, 2018
Simon Allison | 26 Apr 2018 | Mail & Guardian Political ploy: Rival Hakainde Hichilema was jailed on the pretext of having endangered President Edward Lungu’s life. (Madelene Cronjé) The last time I spoke to Hakainde Hichilema, he was trapped in a …
Zimbabwe backtracks on its promise to clear the way for diaspora to vote Published: April 28, 2018
Tom Wilson, Amogelang Mbatha and Brian Latham | 24 April 2018 | Business Day Illustration of a flag of Republic of Zimbabwe over some puzzle pieces. Zimbabwe does not have enough time before its general election in July to make the constitutional chang …
Israel courts East Africa states to resolve its migrant crisis Published: April 28, 2018
ALLAN OLINGO | Saturday April 28 2018 | The East African Israel’s Justice Minister AyeletShaked (L), when she met Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto in Nairobi. Ms Shaked is among many high ranking Israeli officials to have visited the region in the …
Why Democracy Doesn’t Deliver Published: April 28, 2018
Dambisa Moyo | April 26, 2018 | Foreign Policy Endless elections, unqualified leaders, uninformed voters, and short-term thinking are impeding economic growth. Voting booth against stormy sky. Only 19 percent of Americans today say they can trust thei …
The Sources of Soviet Conduct Published: April 28, 2018
“X” (George F. Kennan) | July 1947 Issue | Foreign Affairs Soviet tanks face U.S. tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, October 27, 1961 The political personality of Soviet power as we know it today is the product of ideology and circumstances: ideology inherit …