SOUTHERN AFRICA
May 30, 2005
World Must End Mugabe Mayhem
Op-Ed, Toronto Star
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Dictatorial despotism spirals Zimbabwe ever downward. Zimbabweans struggle to survive, some even starving.
May 10, 2005
Needed: A Medical Peace Corps
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
AS ANGOLANS die piteously of Marburg virus and Africans everywhere suffer from HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and a host of other killers, too little attention is paid to the desperate nature of Africa's routine health services.
May 7, 2005
"Nuclear Pact in Real Trouble"
Op-Ed, The Irish Times
By Thomas J. Wright, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
Could the World Be on the Path to a New Nuclear Crisis?
March 25, 2005
Starving the Voters Is How Mugabe Has Rigged the Election
Op-Ed, Chicago Tribune
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
...Mugabe's staying power and tactics are mirroring those of oppressive regimes in Cambodia and North Korea. Left unchecked as he has been, there is no telling how far he will go.
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 22, 2004
"Agricultural Biotechnology for Development: Socioeconomic Issues and Institutional Challenges of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops in Developing Countries"
Paper
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Former Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2005-2006
The objective of this collaborative research project is to identify the key institutional and socio-economic challenges for developing countries in taking up GM crops, based on a review of experiences in 8 countries. We aim to publish a volume putting together 6 country case studies in 2005.
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.
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
