IbrahimS. R. Msablha. is Director of Studies ani Progr~ at the center for Foreign Relations in Tanzania as well as lecturer in interna.tionaJ. relations ani diplomacy at the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Msa.baha. holds a Ph.D. from Dalhousie University in Canada. Timothy H. Shaw is Professor of Political Science ani Director of the center for African Studies at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.