ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Zambian foreign policy and the foreign policy-making process after the 1991 multiparty elections. It explores the domestic and international contexts of Zambian foreign policy. The chapter focuses on foreign policy-making actors, for example, the Presidency, the Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliament, and Ministry of Defence and their individual, collective and complementary impact on the Zambian foreign policy-making process. It examines the extent to which the actors are involved in the foreign policy-making process. Whereas there are many factors that explain the domestic context of Zambian foreign policy, certain key attributes are of paramount importance. The presidency is the institution or simply the office of the presidency comprising the president, the vice-president, cabinet ministers, presidential advisers, the intelligence, and other personal staff. The chapter examines Zambian foreign policy and foreign policy-making process during the Chiluba presidency. It deals with Zambia's intra-and extra-African states foreign policy interests.
