Robert Rotberg

March/April 2005

Vita: John Chilembwe, Brief Life of an Anticolonial Rebel: 1871-1915

Journal Article, Harvard Magazine

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Ninety years ago in what is now Malawi, a tall, asthmatic, American-trained Baptist preacher attempted bravely, in the manner of John Brown at Harper's Ferry, to srtike a strong blow against white racism.

February 15, 2005

Asian Exports Crimp Africa's Rise

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

A NEW SURGE of manufactured exports from China and India is threatening prosperity in Africa.

December 7, 2004

Only Mbeki Can Restore Sanity to Zimbabwe

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Zimbabwe is in deep, seemingly irreversible decay. How to reverse that plunge from prosperity and growth to stagnation and starvation ought to be of paramount concern to African, European and US policymakers. After the immediate crises in Darfur and Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe's impending failure will inflict the most damage on Africa.

November 6, 2004

The Threat from Rogue States

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

After Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush's foremost policy challenge is posed by rogue states, that is, states that threaten the United States and world peace.

September, 2004

Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the Challenges

Book

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? Crafting the New Nigeria considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering rich—and sobering—analyses of Nigeria's current political and economic systems.

July 7, 2004

New US Focus on Africa

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Africa Advisory Panel suggests new US policy

July 4, 2004

Africa: Side by Side...But in Starkly Different Worlds

Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Comparing Leadership in Africa

Summer 2004

Leadership in Africa

Journal Article, Chimera, USA/Africa Institute, issue 2, volume 2

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Africa's rampant conflict (in recent months in the western Sudan and in
Uganda) and strikingly slow economic development (as compared to Asia and Latin America) stems in large part from poor governance and deficient leadership.

Summer 2004

Timing Is Almost Everything: Obstructionist Leadership, Cypriot Style

Journal Article, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, issue 2, volume 28

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

July/August 2004

Strengthening African Leadership

Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 4, volume 83

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Poor leadership has been the depressing norm in Africa for decades. But as a bold new initiative by a group of past and present African leaders takes off, good governance may finally come to the continent.