State Failure Reclaimed: How African Leaders and Western Diplomats Leverage Discourse for Strategic Gains
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DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2025.2488950
Abstract: ABSTRACT Despite its decline in scholarly circles, the concept of state failure remains influential in policy discussions. African leaders use the notion for strategic and economic gains, while Western diplomats invoke it to shift accountability… read more here.
Keywords: african leaders; state failure; failure reclaimed; western diplomats ... See more keywords
Why have so many African leaders died of COVID-19?
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005587
Abstract: This paper provides evidence that the COVID-19-related mortality rate of national government ministers and heads of state has been substantially higher than that of people with a similar sex and age profile in the general… read more here.
Keywords: african leaders; died covid; many african; paper ... See more keywords