What International Relations theories could I apply to a dissertation about Zimbabwe?
Post Colonialism – is a term for the after effects and can account for some of the reason why things have gone the way they have. Why don’t you do a Personal correlation between Mugabe and Hitler – what did Europe do to appease Hitler in Europe and how that compares to what the world has tried to achieve in Zimbabwe – these are about policies to manage very similar personality types (Hitler is also one of Mugabe’s heroes) The next thing is how has the cultural differences in the region contributed to what has happened in Zimbabwe – remember Mugabe came into power when South Africa still had apartheid, Mozambique and Angola where in a major civil war and Namibia did not exist – how did this influence the politics of the region – at one time Mugabe was congratulated by the international community for managing things well – its recently that the wheels have really fallen off – he does not want to relinquish power and no one wants an “accident” to happen to him either as you would have Civ
