Zimbabwe’s foreign policy under Mnangagwa

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Melber, Henning
Southall, Roger

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Sage

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Under the presidency of Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s foreign policy is characterized by the desire to ‘re-engage’ with the West with a view to securing the removal of sanctions and encouraging investment. In this, it has received the backing of the African Union and Southern African Development Community states. Simultaneously, the violence of the Mnangagwa regime has reinforced the reluctance of the West to remove sanctions, and Zimbabwe has even begun to test the patience of its neighbours. The government has placed renewed faith in the ‘Look East Policy’, but China is seeking to match its investments with tighter control.

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Zimbabwe, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Mnangagwa, Moyo, ZANU-PF, Second Republic, Re-engagement, Sanctions, Commonwealth, Mugabeism

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Melber, H. and Southall, R. (2021) ‘Zimbabwe’s Foreign Policy Under Mnangagwa’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 56(2), pp. 234–250. doi: 10.1177/0021909620986579.