June 29, 2021
…politically motivated violence in the Sahel region of Africa. HR567 would make it the “policy of the United States to assist countries in North and West Africa, and other allies…
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May 12, 2020
A locust outbreak, the worst in recent decades, is threatening millions of hectares of land in eight countries across the Horn of Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. As with…
December 30, 2020
…lucrative West African markets.” Most countries and the African Union have refused to recognize Moroccan sovereignty. Until a few weeks ago the United States was among them. Then the Trump…
August 14, 2020
…Europe, and the spread of wars of national liberation across Asia and Africa. At the heart of Soviet communism was a Marxist teleology that inspired a religious devotion among its…
March 6, 2021
…the Horn of Africa. That is to say, for the most part Abu Dhabi’s withdrawal is an exercise of signalling to Washington rather than a true retreat from the area….
January 21, 2021
…even have their intended effect on terrorism. The 10 years after 2001 saw more than twice as many terrorist deaths in the Middle East and North Africa than the previous…
January 31, 2021
…Africa, suggests that not only Muslim youth, but also other age groups, who are increasingly sceptical towards religious and worldly authority, aspire to more individual, more spiritual experiences of religion….
February 3, 2021
…and North Africa that erupted 10 years ago. But what has largely been missing from these analyses is an examination of how future battles for freedom and democracy might be…
May 11, 2021
…resources in their areas of responsibility — far from China’s shores. The top U.S. commanders in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa have all made China-based arguments for their…
July 6, 2020
…built its first foreign military facility in Djibouti facing the Gulf from the Horn of Africa. With the People’s Liberation Army Navy tasked with protecting China’s sea lines of communication…
May 4, 2021
…such as the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS, of which Chad is a member) to monitor elections in Africa. Yet such bodies, dominated by heads of state have…
October 29, 2020
…and North Africa, providing them with the financial and military resources they use to crush dissent, in exchange for conformity with U.S. dictates, which include accepting Israeli domination over Palestinians….
October 22, 2020
…African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops have been deployed to combat al-Shabaab. Despite the military intervention and expenditures, the group has not only endured, but it is now more…
July 7, 2020
…damage it’s been doing for almost 19 years across the Greater Middle East and Africa. Distorted funding priorities aren’t the only driving force behind police violence against communities of color,…
October 13, 2020
…2019 the United States accounted for 48% of major weapons deliveries to the Middle East and North Africa, or (as that vast region is sometimes known acronymically) MENA. Those figures…
August 26, 2020
…launching of a “clean slate review” of U.S. counterterrorism operations in Africa set off alarm bells across the ideological spectrum. Again — despite Americans being tired of the endless “war…
July 13, 2020
…Service, those two authorizations have been invoked ever since to cover at least 41 military actions across significant parts of the Greater Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere. The United States…
July 30, 2020
…join the EU’s Alliance for Multilateralism. The outcome of a NATO-SCO transatlantic-Eurasian scenario might also be complemented by an Africa-centered Zone of Peace and Cooperation system based on maritime and…
March 17, 2021
…variants, and likely save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially in the Global South. The measure was introduced by India and South Africa last October, and is supported by nearly…
March 26, 2021
…countries, state-aligned media outlets and social media. The expansion of the UAE-Turkey rivalry to global theatres, such as the Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and Eurasia, further complicates the path to reconciliation…
July 31, 2020
…are significantly a “platform to … project power into the Middle East and North Africa,” Jeff Rathke, a Johns Hopkins scholar and State Department veteran, told The Washington Post. Rathke meant that…