Applying Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic Instruments of National Power to Finding a Solution to the Tanzania-Malawi Border Dispute

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania that has been for decades without resolution. The border dispute between these two countries is traced from 1890 during the colonial era and concerns Lake Nyasa. Both countries share the Lake, and each claims its ownership. Tanzania is claiming that the correct boundary runs down the middle of the Lake whereas Malawi is claiming the whole part of the Lake to the peripheral. This study uses qualitative research methodology using Cameroon-Nigeria and Guinea Bissau-Senegal as comparable cases to examine as examples to what might be the best solution to the border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania. It seeks a solution using the instruments of national power Diplomacy, Information, Military and Economic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2019
Accession Number
AD1107547

Entities

People

  • Agnes B. Majani

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Agreements
  • Boundaries
  • Case Studies
  • Continents
  • Data Analysis
  • Diplomacy
  • East Africa
  • Economic Development
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • Natural Resources
  • Negotiations
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Territorial Disputes
  • Treaties
  • United Nations
  • United States

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies