ISBN: 9781234872151

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Rarebooksclub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. OCLC Number: 53453638 Excerpt: . . . REFORM, CONFLICT, AND SECURITY IN ZAIRE Introduction. Sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroad. For several decades economic decay, corrupt and repressive governance, and violent conflict dominated the region. Then Africa seemed to turn a corner. Some long-running conflicts lurched toward resolution due, at least in part, to the end of the Cold War. A tide of democracy swept away some of the regions longest ruling 1 dictators. And, according to the World Bank, economic policies 2 in Africa are getting better with discernible payoffs. This is all good news, but it is much too early to predict a rosy future: in Africa, instability, conflict, and violence always lurk one step behind progress. Great efforts will be required to consolidate recent gains. Understanding the security environment of Sub-Saharan Africa is the first step toward finding permanent solutions to the regions conflicts. For instance, security must be viewed from a regional perspective rather than a country-specific one. The continent is characterized by permeable borders with ethnic groups overlapping national boundaries and extensive flows of people and goods--whether legal or illegal--between states. This makes stability in any one nation contingent on conditions in neighboring countries. Instability, conflict, and violence have repercussions outside the state where they originate. The larger countries in particular serve as bellwethers for wider trends and tendencies. An old African proverb holds that when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. This certainly applies to the security environment: if the continents giants stumble, small nations also suffer the consequences. Among Africas giants, none is more crucial than Zaire. Even on a continent that has experienced more than its share of crises and conflicts, Zaire is particularly tragic. Unlike many of the small African nations that seem doomed to poverty, Zaire is potentially rich. It has large reser. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., Rarebooksclub.com<