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Foreign Policy in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Elite Perceptions of Global Engagement book cover

1st Edition

Foreign Policy in Post-Genocide Rwanda Elite Perceptions of Global Engagement

By Jonathan R. Beloff Copyright 2021
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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This book examines how Rwandan elites within the government, private sector and civil society perceive the nation’s political and economic relationship with the international community. Using testimonies and interviews of Rwandan political, military and economic leaders, and bureaucrats, this book examines the intersubjective beliefs that formulate how Rwanda engages with the international... Read more

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Introduction

PART I Rwandan history and its impact on Rwandan foreign affairs

1 Early history of the RPF’s interpretation of state–global relations (1959–1994)

2 From genocide to Congo Wars and the rebuilding of Rwanda’s foreign policy

PART II Rwandan state interests and foreign policy practices

3 Foreign policy mechanisms and internal mechanisms of Rwanda

4 State security concerns of the FDLR and genocide ideology

5 Foreign aid dependence and Rwandan interests

6 The drive towards economic and commercial diplomacy

PART III Rwandan engagement with neighbours and the broader international community

7 Rwandan foreign policy within the African Great Lakes

8 Rwanda’s continental and global engagement

Conclusion: The crafting of Rwandan foreign policy

Appendix 1 Description of named interviewees

Appendix 2 Unnamed informants

Appendix 3 Quantitative data

References

Index

Biography

Jonathan R. Beloff is a researcher focusing on the foreign and internal politics of the African Great Lakes region.

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