Andrew KORYBKO | Fri, Nov 4, 2016 | Oriental Review It’s time to begin exploring the influence of hegemonic and institutional regionalism on African geopolitics, widely investigating the asymmetrical threats endemic to each area, and start elucidating China’s overall Silk Road vision for the continent. African Regions, Their Respective (And Prospective) Leaders, And … [Read more...] about Hybrid Wars: Strategies Against Africa
AUTHORITARIAN STATE 2
DECONSTRUCTING THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA
This month’s AHN’s Big Story is a sequel to that of the previous issue—Inside the Minds of Authoritarian Regimes. In this supplemental number two themes are debated. The first article analysis in detail the tragedies wrought by the authoritarian states in our continent. You may consider this part of the story the diagnostic portion. The second sister-article dwells … [Read more...] about DECONSTRUCTING THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA
THE TRAGEDIES OF THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA
George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Pita Ogaba Agbese: Introduction: The decolonization process in Africa witnessed the colonial powers transferring an authoritarian state construct to the first generation African leaders. Fashioned in the image of the colonial state, the post-colonial construct retained the nature, mission and character of its colonial progenitor. In terms of its … [Read more...] about THE TRAGEDIES OF THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA
RETHINKING THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA—THE LESSONS
George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Pita Ogaba Agbese: Introduction: At independence, beginning in the 1950s, colonialism bequeathed to Africa an authoritarian state. The state construct has been described variously as "absolutist," "repressive," "violent," "negligent," and "exploitative." Regrettably, with few exceptions, the first generation of African leaders failed to provide the … [Read more...] about RETHINKING THE AUTHORITARIAN STATE IN AFRICA—THE LESSONS