May 26, 2021
…would be even less so now.” McGurk left the Trump administration in December 2018. He returned to government this year, serving as coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa…
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January 15, 2021
…chimères, literally “monsters.” The opposition received its financial and political support from North American and European countries, while the Aristide government received support from South Africa and its Caribbean neighbors….
June 3, 2021
…been heading south along the east coast of Africa, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject. So two Iranian boats are in the…
June 7, 2021
…happened. To a lesser extent, the Global War on Terror — still ongoing through North Africa and the Middle East — has been pushed to the recesses of conventional memory,…
May 2, 2021
…Greater Middle East, and to significant parts of Africa. In March, for instance, the first 12 American special-ops trainers arrived in embattled Mozambique, just one more small extension of an already widespread American anti-Islamist…
April 28, 2021
…the world’s economic middle kingdom, owning and controlling all under the heavens. Indeed, it will be lucky if it escapes the fate of countries like Brazil and South Africa that…
April 26, 2021
…a predictable phenomenon as Erdogan weaves back and forth in his complex vision of Turkish foreign policy extending from Western Europe and North Africa to China. Human values should always matter…
June 11, 2021
…the U.S. has vital interests in both. This would be the equivalent of shoehorning the Middle East and Africa together, or grouping Europe with South America because they are connected…
June 30, 2021
…this week on countering ISIS recognized that if there is an ISIS surge anywhere today, it is in Africa. Since long before 9/11, foreign troop deployments have been more of…
July 30, 2021
…degradation of West African states and societies posed a serious threat. He may have been a bit premature, but he was also prophetic. The troubles of the region are the…
June 30, 2021
…their forces would pursue their enemies and make sure they can’t pose any future threat to Tigray. Nonetheless, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki welcomed…
April 5, 2021
…the pro-regime change National Union for Democracy in Iran, attacked diplomacy proponents by comparing U.S. pressure against Iran to the international campaign against apartheid in South Africa. “You can only…
April 3, 2021
…number in Qatar, 5,000 in the UAE, and several thousand in Saudi Arabia. U.S. Special Forces are also scattered across Africa, while the United States is still conducting air operations…
July 26, 2021
On February 23, State Department spokesperson Ned Price was asked a brief question about Uganda’s recent elections and the apparent win by incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power…
March 31, 2021
…colonial exploitation throughout much of Asia and Africa. When the United States invaded and occupied Cuba in 1898 and soon after annexed the entire Philippine archipelago, its leaders devised similar…
May 24, 2021
…what of the “democracies” of Africa and Central America? As with Modi, such invitations would hardly enhance the global prestige of democracy. On the contrary, it would only encourage hostile…
July 27, 2021
…those with business interests across the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Asia.” WestExec did not respond to questions about whether Ross worked directly on the Boeing account but…
March 10, 2021
…three countries for their repression at home and destabilizing activities abroad, whether backing military forces in Sudan and Libya or attempting to undermine democratic movements in North Africa. Instead of…
December 4, 2019
…Want Credible Foreign Commitments. The United States keeps taking on new security obligations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, but it rarely debates their wisdom or value. Americans…
October 13, 2020
…have a long and checkered history. Disputes abound over their effectiveness in South Africa and Iran. They are the current weapon of choice to exert “maximum pressure.” They have morphed…
December 29, 2020
…led by the United States created at least 37 million refugees in the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan over the last two decades. By 2007 in Iraq, some 4.7…