The theory and practice of meles zenawi - a reply to rené lefort

African Affairs

Volumn 112, Issue 448, 2013, Pages 471-475

  De Waal, Alex ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MELES;

EID: 84880620716     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: 14682621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adt022     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. René Lefort, 'The theory and practice of Meles Zenawi - a reply to Alex de Waal', African Affairs 112, 448 (2013), pp. 000-00.
2. George Ayittey, 'The worst of the worst: bad dude dictators and general coconut heads,' Foreign Policy, July/August 2010, (11 March 2013).
3. Discussion with Meles Zenawi, Addis Ababa, 16 October 2010
4. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 'Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy and Strategy' (Addis Ababa, Ministry of Information, November 2002)
5. Meles was annoyed by the appearance that Ethiopia's Somalia policy was driven by the US 'war on terror', pointing out that Ethiopia had a better and earlier record of dealing with terrorist threats than America, and was acting on its own behalf
6. See Alex de Waal, 'The politics of destabilization in the Horn, 1989-2001', in Alex de Waal (ed.), Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa (Hurst, London, 2004) for an account of this in the 1990s.
7. Discussion with Meles Zenawi, Addis Ababa, 22 October 2008
8. Morten Jerven, 'Briefing: For richer, for poorer: GDP revisions and Africa's statistical tragedy', African Affairs 112, 446 (2013), pp. 138-47.
9. Even during the armed struggle, the model frayed at the edges, notably when it came to pastoral lowland people
10. Discussion with Meles Zenawi, Addis Ababa, 23 October 2008
11. René Lefort, 'Power - mengist - and peasants in rural Ethiopia: the May 2005 elections', Journal of Modern African Studies 45, 2 (2007), pp. 253-73.
12. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 'Foreign Affairs', pp. 10-11.
13. Discussion with Meles Zenawi, Addis Ababa, 16 October 2010
14. Lefort, 'Power - mengist - and peasants', p. 267.