Beyond the Headlines
Strategic analysis for Africa in the emerging world order.
A weekly examination of the forces shaping the age: not events in isolation, but the interests, histories, structures and balances of power from which they arise. The purpose is to place the immediate within the historical, the national within the regional, and the African question within the changing architecture of world order.
Three principals anchor the program, Mulekwa, Matanda and Uhuru, joined each week by a guest with authority in the question under examination.
The structure of the hour
The Week Beneath the Week
The principal developments of the week, examined through the interests, alignments and structural forces beneath them.
The Long View
The history behind the present: the treaty, war, doctrine, frontier or settlement without which the contemporary moment cannot be understood.
The Strategic Question
One question of consequence examined to its foundations. Competing judgments are tested, positions taken, and conclusions defended.
The Builder's Chair
A conversation with those building African capability: political, industrial, intellectual, technological or strategic, examined with seriousness and rigor.