Abstract
The regime faces a number of outstanding political and economic challenges. For example, how could the partnership survive and negotiations continue in Arusha if the security situation deteriorates? How can a degree of equity be maintained within the context of an economic crisis? How can those opposed to reform in the political domain be marginalised and “recycled”? And what is to be done to reintegrate rebel combatants, 300,000 refugees, 550,000 displaced persons and the leaders of the political parties-in-exile when only minimal resources are available? Even if the lifting of the embargo represents a political victory for Buyoya, it also means that the ideal scapegoat for all the country’s problems is no longer available to his government.