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December 17, 2008
| Author: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa |
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This module features teaching notes for Planning for Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe by author and CFR Adjunct Fellow Michelle D. Gavin, along with other resources to supplement the text. This Council Special Report argues that by leading an international process to plan for the eventual departure of Zimbabwe's President Mugabe, the United States can increase the likelihood that change will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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Council Special Report No. 31
Since 2000, President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to tolerate challenges to his power has led him to systematically dismantle the workings of Zimbabwe’s economic and political systems, replacing them with structures of corruption, intimidation, and repression. Michelle D. Gavin surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe, identifying current structural and legal impediments to economic and political recovery.
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Listen to CFR Adjunct Fellow for Africa Michelle D. Gavin discuss Zimbabwe's recent presidential and parliamentary elections.
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In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs, Michelle Gavin discusses the crisis in Zimbabwe and its prospects for resolution.
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| Speakers: | Steven A. Cook, Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Presider: | Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, United Nations |
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| Speakers: | Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Coeditor, Beyond Humanitarianism | |
| Presider: | Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations |
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (ET)
This meeting is on the record.
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