1. U.S. Policy Responses to Zimbabwe’s Illusory Reforms
- Author:
- Todd Moss
- Publication Date:
- 12-2018
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Global Development
- Abstract:
- After nearly thirty years of working on and in Zimbabwe, I was hopeful, after the long nightmare of misrule by Robert Mugabe, that the July 2018 election was an opportunity to put the country on a positive track. I had the good fortune of visiting Zimbabwe with a delegation of former US diplomats prior to the election to assess conditions. I came away from that trip deeply pessimistic about the prospects for a free, fair, and credible election, unconvinced that economic reforms were real, and skeptical of the intentions of Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU-PF. It all appeared little more than a poorly-disguised charade.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus