This is said in an article by former United States to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray, who is now a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Africa Programme at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
He co-authored the article with Michael Walsh, a senior fellow at the same institute.
Ray was US ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2012 when the country was under a government of national unity that ended the following year.
Below is the full write-up:
BOTTOM LINE
The Integrated Country Strategy for Zimbabwe (ICS Zimbabwe) declares that “Zimbabwe’s strategic importance to the United States is as a potential growth hub for southern Africa.” This is a remarkable conclusion to draw for a country that currently ranks near the very bottom of the DHL Global Connectedness Index—a major index that measures globalisation based on international trade, capital, information, and people flows.
This not only begs the question of under what conditions would Zimbabwe emerge as a growth hub for Southern Africa, but also whether it would be in the national interest of the US government to help Zimbabwe achieve that outcome.
The ICS Zimbabwe fails to shed light on those questions. The embassy should be encouraged to answer them. Below is a list of some possible starting points for bringing about that state of affairs.
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