In conjunction with the Africa Policy Journal, Markus Scheuermaier co-moderated a panel debate at Harvard University on Zimbabwe: What Next? in April 2006. Previously, Mr. Scheuermaier worked in South Africa for Brait Private Equity and in the United Kingdom for the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he edited, among others, the Country Report on Zimbabwe. He is a graduate of Harvard University (MPA, 2006), the University of Oxford, and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. This article is based on a paper written for a course on Human Rights and International Politics: The Basic Policy Dilemmas taught by Professor Michael Ignatieff in the fall of 2005 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard University. In addition to his comments and those from his course assistants, Sarah Spencer and Negar Azimi, the paper benefited from the insight of Mutsa Chironga (KSG), Andrew Chadwick (KSG), and Dr. Todd Moss from the Center for Global Development. Selam Daniel from KSG assisted with the editing of the paper.