ABSTRACT
Largely because of its internal stability, ideological coherence, and continuity of executive leadership, Tanzania has maintained a highly consistent approach to foreign policy. The liberation of southern Africa represents an issue area in which Tanzanian foreign policy remains the least altered by events. Tanzania provided refugee assistance, office facilities, training camps, and rights of passage for movements seeking the liberation of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Angola. The Tanzanian role in southern Africa has supplemented a willingness to support military operations with an emphasis on discussion, mediation, and regional cooperation aimed at countering South African economic domination. Tanzania has extended its liberation commitments by attempting to join southern Africa in a lasting and mutually beneficial economic relationship. Julius Nyerere remains Africa’s most articulate spokesman for national self-determination and the creation of a more equitable international order, yet few other African countries are politically more vulnerable and economically more dependent than Tanzania.
