Recently, U.S. diplomats have taken Mr. Kagame to task for supporting militias in Congo. But critics say that Washington must go much further to improve the course of post-genocide Rwanda. With Mr. Kagame approaching the end of his constitutional term limits in 2017, a big opportunity looms. "There has to be an uncompromising position on opening up political space in the country and ending the destabilization of the Congo," said Scott Straus, a University of Wisconsin political scientist. "I don't think it will be easy, but more of the same isn't going to work."
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