STATE COLLAPSE AND REGIONAL CONTAGION IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA: LESSONS FOR ZIMBABWE

dc.creator	James J. Hentz
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:26Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/32-1-134
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/bf0ed8787a774c73bc49645f3adaab47
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8210
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/bf0ed8787a774c73bc49645f3adaab47
dc.description	<p><strong>Hollowing out the state</strong></p><p>State collapse is one of the most important security threats in Sub-Sahara Africa. The George W. Bush administration's National Security Strategy includes failed and failing states as a national security priority. The U.S. European Command, whose area of responsibility includes much of Sub-Sahara Africa, are "concerned about ungoverned areas descending into chaos with terrorist and warlords…."2 The United Nations is trying to restore order to numerous collapsed states in Africa. Nonetheless, while there are discernable patterns to state failure and collapse, not near enough attention has been paid to them. This is a problem, of course, primarily for Sub-Sahara Africa, but increasingly, as well, for the rest of the world that has interests in that continent. This essay will point out these patterns. It will briefly describe and explain state collapse in West Africa and in Central Africa. It will then use those patterns to discuss the possibility of collapse in Zimbabwe and the potential contagion effects for the southern African subcontinent.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/134
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 32, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	State collapse
dc.subject	threats in Sub-Sahara Africa
dc.subject	George W. Bush administration's National Security Strategy
dc.subject	The U.S. European Command
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	STATE COLLAPSE AND REGIONAL CONTAGION IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA: LESSONS FOR ZIMBABWE
dc.type	Article