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Weeks after the violence surrounding the presidential election in Zimbabwe has subsided, Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe have finally reached a power-sharing agreement. In this arrangement, Tsvangirai becomes prime minister and chairman of the council of ministers, while Mugabe remains president, chairman of the cabinet, and leader of the armed forces. Despite this political solution, economic troubles remain. In order to solve them, the United States, though perhaps wary of the uncertainty of this political union, must act decisively by supporting foreign aid negotiations...
...With an agreement reached, it is now the United States’ turn to step up. A neutral state actor is needed to ensure that this new government can address economic problems in Zimbabwe with foreign aid. Great Britain has reacted skeptically to the political agreement, doubting whether it will cause actual changes. It has offered to help with financial resources once Zimbabwe demonstrates a certain degree of self-help, but Britain’s safe approach may miss an opportunity for international aid that America must not let slip. South Africa remains bound by its proximity and local trade...
...work with other countries diplomatically. After the infamous “Coalition of the Willing” touted by the Bush administration before the invasion of Iraq, many nations have grown skeptical of the ability for the United States to organize and spearhead a positive and mutually acceptable agreement among nations. Joining in efforts to revive Zimbabwe’s economy would help ease this skepticism and restore some of the United States’ pre-Iraq reputation...
...unclear to what extent Tsvangirai will be able to exercise power over economic restrictions and to what extent Zimbabwe will take positive steps toward following the current power-sharing agreement. Tsvangirai standing alongside Mugabe, however, represents in itself a tentative removal of the handcuffs that have checked foreign assistance. In its last several months in office, the Bush administration must seize this opportunity to take a strong, positive stand in foreign policy and finally help Zimbabwe assume its position as an African democracy with a hopeful future...
...shotgun marriage between Zimbabwe's government and opposition was never going to be easy, but it could falter at the first hurdle. Despite signing a power-sharing agreement on Monday, President Robert Mugabe and his arch-rival and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to agree on who will control which portfolios in a new cabinet. A meeting between the two men on Thursday aimed at resolving the issue broke up without agreement, as reports began to trickle in of violence breaking out in different parts of the country between supporters of Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the opposition...