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Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects
Mini Dissertation (MDiplomatic Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/68492 Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects Bizos, Anthony gatamagichini@gmail.com Gichini, Gatama Joseph UCTD Mini Dissertation (MDiplomatic Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2018. Kenya is increasingly gaining a global profile. Over the last four years, the country has played host to a number of global leaders and has hosted a number of global events. This emerging global prominence, underpinned by an active foreign policy, is however occurring within a context of internal and external challenges and opportunities. Internal challenges such as high levels of government corruption and terrorist attacks have undermined both the global reputation and the economy of the country. Apart from the internal challenges, neighbouring states such as Ethiopia pose a threat to Kenya’s hegemonic aspirations. Using a qualitative approach and a case study design, this study seeks to better understand Kenya’s emerging global profile, and the foreign policy drivers that underpin it. The argument presented in this study is that given the shifting regional context, Kenya’s increasing global profile is driven by a foreign policy, which is geared towards hegemonic ambitions within the Eastern African region. The study therefore operationalizes the contested concept of regional hegemony to understand whether Kenya is laying claims to be a regional hegemon in Eastern Africa or not. It is important that the study uses a context- specific and relevant conceptualisation of a regional hegemon in Africa. This is because of Africa’s marginalization within the global power architecture and the different regional dynamics, which vary from one region to another within Africa. In the Eastern African Region, no single state possesses the power preponderance relative to global powers. However, power differentials among states in the region produce political, economic, and security dynamics that are separate from the international system. This subsequently qualifies the Eastern African Region as a sub-region, which requires its own analysis. The study however does not assert that Kenya is a regional hegemon in the Eastern Africa region. It rather seeks to establish whether the country is laying claim to hegemonic aspirations, its potential role and credentials, and whether the role claimed, and credentials displayed are consistent with this status. 328 Words Political Sciences MDiplomatic Studies Unrestricted 2019-02-21T06:11:06Z 2019-02-21T06:11:06Z 2019-04-11 2018 Mini Dissertation Gichini, GJ 2018, Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects, MDiplomatic Studies Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68492> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68492 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects |
| title_full | Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects |
| title_fullStr | Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects |
| title_short | Kenya’s Emerging Global Profile : between aspirations and prospects |
| title_sort | kenya s emerging global profile between aspirations and prospects |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68492 |