Project
Gunning for Democracy: The Military and Power Transfers in Malawi and Zambia
The proposed research will investigate the political role of the military in securing democratic gains in Zambia and Malawi.
Publication
Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force
De Wet, Erika. 2020. Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/m...
Project
Considering Zimbabwe’s 2017 Coup: Causes, Consequences, Concepts
A faction of Zimbabwe’s ruling party and many soldiers removed the country’s 93 year-old president from power over party and polity during a few weeks of November 2017.
Project
The modern practice of intervention by invitation and its implications for the prohibition of the use of force
The research examines how the criteria for permissible military intervention by invitation as developed in international law doctrine are currently implemented by States, as well as how this impacts the prohibition of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of States.