In his talk, Jeremy Weinstein, professor of political science at Stanford University, will discuss changes in the institutional rules that govern international relations on the continent and the growth of African multilateral interventions to enforce these norms. He focuses specifically on norms around unconstitutional changes in government and the prevention of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. He argues that the adoption of new norms and practices reflects an evolution in state interests. Whereas African states sought insulation from external pressure at independence, African governments now see the erosion of non-interference norms as a tool for protecting their interests, managing domestic and transnational pressures, and constraining the ways in which external actors from outside the continent interfere in domestic politics.
Jeremy M. Weinstein is professor of political science at Stanford University, where he is senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. His research focuses on civil wars and political violence; ethnic politics and the political economy of development; and democracy, accountability, and political change.
This lecture is part of Kellogg's Perspectives on World Politics series.
All are welcome.