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Bookmark or Share- Politics and Government | RANDOn Reducing Public Fears and Threats of Political Violence. The 2024 elections were completed peacefully. But that does not mean risks of political violence and unrest are off the table. To mitigate these risks, it is vital to rebuild trust and ensure transparency in governance.
- Has Zimbabwe Changed Since Mugabe's Overthrow? - RANDGenuine reform is unlikely under present economic and political conditions in Zimbabwe in the lead-up to national elections in 2023. Zimbabwe is likely to continue down a path of political polarization, protests, political violence at the hands of the state, and economic deterioration. Government pledges under Mnangagwa have fallen short
- Little Has Changed in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe | RANDOn the political front, reform promises are severely lagging. The report assesses five main reform areas, including elections, legislation, the security sector, judiciary, and repression. The research revealed very few tangible steps toward reconfiguring Zimbabwe's autocratic system. Repression has increased and the military is ascendant.
- The Evolution of Protest Policing | RAND - RAND CorporationMarches, protests, and public disruption for political means are deeply embedded in the story of America and other democracies where a majority may rule, but where the minority has a constitutionally protected voice. No matter what the cause, the police are inevitably thrust into the conflict.
- If Regime Change Were to Come to Moscow | RAND - RAND CorporationIn the 1990s the Yeltsin government undertook political and economic reforms but did not reform the hidebound security sector, mainly the KGB and the military. The security sector's influence has helped lead to wars in Chechnya, obsessive espionage, stifling of political opposition, and invasions of Ukraine and Georgia. In the three decades ...
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