Zim Optimism
Is there reason for optimism that Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe? J. Stephen Morrison and Mark Bellamy, writing at CSIS Africa Policy Forum, seem to think so. Their argument is apparently predicated on the recent escalations of military violence against civilians representing the last throes of a desperate regime rather than simply the re-consolidation of power by force. I hope that they are correct, though I fear that they are not.