Institute for Strategic Studies articles from November 1 2004

Institute for Strategic Studies archives from November 1 2004

Preface.
November 1, 2004... Over the past decade the internal situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated to such an extent that its resolution has not only elicited a measure of foreign involvement, but has also become a major foreign policy issue for South Africa--in part as...

Chapter 1; State collapse and related phenomena: select theoretical perspectives.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION The post-Cold War world has seen the fading of the dominant bipolar order, as well as what--for the lack of a better word--can be termed the 'falling apart' of the state in many areas of the world. This phenomenon has...

Chapter 2; Zimbabwe: an historical overview.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION What follows is an overview of the salient phases in Zimbabwe's eventful history, from early times until the present. It is a story of successive inflows of peoples, attracted by the natural wealth and equitable climate of...

Chapter 3: Zimbabwe's external relations.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION Among the factors determining Zimbabwe's external relations are the country's central and landlocked location in the Southern African subcontinent, its comparatively developed and diversified export economy (despite the...

Chapter 4; The Zimbabwe economy: domestic and regional implications.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION Since the launch of president Robert Mugabe's 'fast-track' land resettlement programme in early 2000 there have been numerous forecasts of the imminent collapse of the Zimbabwe economy. Nearly five years on (June 2004),...

Chapter 5; The role of the military in Zimbabwe: 1980-2003*.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION It is perhaps not apparent to the casual observer that the primary role of the military in Zimbabwe has been that of supporting the regime of president Robert Mugabe. That the regime has seemingly come full circle in the...

Chapter 6: some regional security implications of the Zimbabwean situation.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION The strategic and security implications of the situation in Zimbabwe for the Southern African region, can be viewed from a short-term or a longer-term perspective, and from a broad view of what security implies (including...

Chapter 7: the special relationship between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION Alphonse Karr's celebrated 19th century adage, "(t)he more things change, the more they are the same", is eminently applicable to South Africa's relations with Zimbabwe and previously Rhodesia. Things have changed...

List of acronyms.
November 1, 2004... ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific grouping of countries ADB African Development Bank AGOA Africa Growth and Opportunity Act ANC African National Congress AU African...

Chapter 8: conclusion.
November 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION As indicated at the outset, the current 'crisis' in Zimbabwe raises two basic questions. The first pertains to whether or not Zimbabwe has crossed a threshold and entered the 'slippery slope' of gradual state decay. This...