To expeditiously address fundamental national development needs e.g., health, education, food security and natural resource management;…
Africa's democratic transition is back in the spotlight. The concern is no longer the stranglehold of autocrats, but the hijacking of the…
Twenty years ago, Edward Djerejian, a former U.S. diplomat, famously worried that Islamists would exploit democratic elections to come to…
A key attribute of China's diplomacy in recent years is its increasing presence in Africa. With its rising investments and aid in…
In one of Africa’s most ambitious investment decisions, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a plan to spend $97 billion on…
The new Libyan government has plenty of worries. There was the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. Both Islamist militias and…
As the violent anti-American protests in the Muslim world subside, those in the region and in the U.S. are wondering whether the upheaval…
Book abstract: In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic…
Days after the beginning of the Libyan uprising in February 2011, a self-appointed group of human rights lawyers and defectors from Qaddafi…
Yesterday’s tragic murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats in Libya illustrates the ever-present…