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Article: The hegemon that wasn't: South Africa's foreign policy towards Zimbabwe.
- Article from:
- Strategic Review for Southern Africa
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
- Author:
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ABSTRACT
South Africa's policy of quiet diplomacy in the face of the economic and political crises of Zimbabwe has been criticised severely by both domestic and international observers who cite South Africa's "obvious hegemony" as sufficient to take a tough stance against the Mugabe regime. This article explores the extent to which such assumptions about foreign policy behaviour provide an explanation for South Africa's policy and sheds some light on the problems faced by South Africa in trying to be both an "African country" and a good international citizen. It concludes that "obvious hegemony" (being a much more powerful country than Zimbabwe in terms of ...
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