December 5, 2019
…a very strong sense of American exceptionalism and how much better the country was than apartheid South Africa where my parents were from. I was also incubated at the New…
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December 24, 2019
…to me that similar trigger moments, unexpected reminders of violence in their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, or Central America, sometimes keep them from concentrating at school or…
December 28, 2019
…and North Africa constitutes a grave threat not only to the UAE’s interests, but to those of the Arab region at large. This thinking has contributed to an Emirati belief…
January 2, 2020
…or decisive way, Turkey will almost inevitably continue trying to capitalize on Washington and Moscow’s geopolitical competition in the Middle East and Africa to suit Ankara’s own interests and agendas….
January 13, 2020
…Africa, which eventually contributed to the end of white minority rule. Sanctions imposed by the United States and the United Nations together on the dictatorial regime of Muammar Gadhafi of…
January 18, 2020
…data entirely, while telling the public even less about the program. Not surprisingly, drone strikes across the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa would rise and a lot more…
February 6, 2020
…in 2009 and 2012, Khartoum may now become the third Arab capital to officially recognize the Jewish State. For analysts who have observed Israel’s forays into Africa, and specifically the…
January 19, 2020
…protests that also targeted Iranian influence in the country.) In fact, focusing on the movements of people throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia who find themselves in the…
January 25, 2020
…counterproductive ways, destabilizing a vast expanse of the planet stretching from West Africa to South Asia. Chaos, it seems, is now Washington’s stock-in-trade. Perhaps, then, it’s time to resurrect Twain’s…
January 25, 2020
…is Amb. Robert E. Hunter, someone who combines the experience he gained when he was director of Middle East and North Africa affairs in Pres. Carter’s White House with the…
January 28, 2020
“The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa.” This statement came from the Soufan Group’s recent…
February 1, 2020
…force presence in West Africa all could have outsized repercussions on European security. The first two because European forces in Syria and Iraq depend on U.S. support and because any…
February 4, 2020
…standpoint of true national defense. There is no way for the U.S. military to win “hearts and minds” across the Greater Middle East and Africa with salvos of Hellfire missiles….
February 5, 2020
…of Tripoli. It is no secret why Russia uses companies like Wagner. Using PMCs allows Putin to lower the political costs of achieving his goals in North Africa. Using such…
May 18, 2020
…also other developing countries, including in Africa. There were many schemes for intra-Arab economic cooperation as well as so-called Afro-Arab cooperation. Asian countries were not excluded from such schemes. It…
May 29, 2020
…apartheid regime in Israel? Would he have done so with an apartheid regime in South Africa? Since Biden’s Republican opponent is someone whose ignorance, grossness, and moral depravity have so…
December 22, 2020
…stability in North Africa. The EU’s double standard in this particular case undermines its credibility and weakens the promotion of human rights worldwide. It also fuels the narrative favored by…
November 9, 2020
…the best hope for protecting human rights in the Middle East, despite decades of propping up dictators. Academic research demonstrates that in the Middle East and North Africa “US support…
October 4, 2020
…(Middle East North Africa) category as racially and ethnically distinct from “white.” Since 1977, when the U.S. Office of Management and Budget set out “race and ethnic standards” for data…
October 6, 2020
…via Egypt and perhaps also to send a message to Tehran about keeping its weapons out of Africa and the Red Sea. With Bashir at the helm, Sudan’s regime used…
October 6, 2020
…result, Western Sahara is frequently considered to be the “last colony in Africa” and remains classified by the United Nations as a “Non-Self Governing Territory.” Since the ceasefire, the U.N….