Ripe for Resolution

By I. William Zartman,

Book cover of Ripe for Resolution: Conflict and Intervention in Africa

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What causes local conflict in Africa and the rest of the Third World? What role, if any, can the U.S. play in helping to resolve these conflicts, and when is the time ripe for a response by an external power? This study, written by an internationally renowned Africanist and undertaken…

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What are the underlying causes of local conflicts in Africa and other regions of the Global South? What role, if any, can the U.S. play in helping to resolve these conflicts, and when is it appropriate for external powers to intervene? This study, authored by a leading scholar and conducted as part of the Council on Foreign Relations' Africa Project, explores the roots and dynamics of African conflicts while examining how foreign powers can contribute to their management and resolution without resorting to military force. The book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments and focuses on four…

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