Namibia: Nation's Foreign Policy Software Is Analogue and Defective

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WITH the exception of our first foreign minister, Theo-Ben Gurirab, who was a high politics diplomat par excellence, adroit and able to refine with sophisticated gravitas of the most difficult positions we took, we have been struggling to exist and articulate coherent and logical positions on the high politics of foreign policy.

For his part, Hidipo Hamutenya shifted emphasis to the low politics of trade in line with the pressing demands of a small developing country. Even if one would disagree with that emphasis, there was a consistent line of action and prioritisation of our foreign policy goals. Foreign policy analysts could read a pragmatic vision of what we wanted to do. Unfortunately, we have been in a no-man's land ever since - no visibility or flair, and no substantive anchors and defined objectives.

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