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Ideas that shape East Africa's diplomatic future
Long-form analysis on diplomacy, security, and governance — grounded in constructivist IR theory and East African political realities.
Editor's Note — June 2026
"Sovereignty is not the end of diplomacy — it is where diplomacy begins."
/ Mulingirizi
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Not By Strength: A Reflection on Hannah's Prayer and Political Power
1 Samuel 2:9b offers one of scripture's most subversive claims about the relationship between strength, favour, and institutional legitimacy.
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A constructivist reading of the DRC-Rwanda peace framework reveals that normative convergence, not military parity, drove the agreement's durability.
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The Horn of Africa's security architecture is defined less by its agreements than by the diplomatic culture that surrounds them.
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Constructivism
Alexander Wendt's social theory of international politics remains the best entry point into why identity, not only interest, drives state behaviour.
East Africa
Alex de Waal's political marketplace framework explains more about the Horn than any realist model ever has.
Diplomacy
Kissinger's World Order is useful less for its prescriptions than for its demonstration of how great powers narrate legitimacy.
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Joshua Mulingirizi
Diplomat-in-Training · Kampala, Uganda
Security & Diplomatic Studies scholar at Kyambogo University. Constructivist. Founder of 13Delegates. Writing on East African diplomacy, IR theory, and faith.
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