
Category Africa


Sudan: A Tinderbox to All-Out War

The Gendered Impact of Displacement in East African Refugee Camps

Why the Global Skills Partnership between Morocco and Belgium is a Positive-Sum Game

Countering Terror in Transition: A Typology of Terrorist Organization Successors and their Vulnerabilities

Global Responses to Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: The Inadequate International Efforts to End the World’s Most Neglected Conflict

Civil Society, Coups, and the Future of Burkina Faso

Moroccan Decentralization: Towards Community Development and National Solidarity
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir first introduced us to development and decentralization in Morocco in 2018. In this new piece, he re-examines and updates Morocco’s progress towards sustainable development. Background on Moroccan Decentralization Decentralization in the Kingdom of Morocco—aiming to make unprecedented…

Power, Strategy, and Outcomes in Negotiations in The Gambia

Africa Is Not a Region, and Policymakers Should Stop Treating It Like One
With the new presidential administration in the United States, numerous articles have been published which suggest initiatives for the Biden administration, including from such Washington institutions as the Council on Foreign Relations,[1] the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[2] and Foreign Policy magazine.[3] Many innovative…

The African Union’s Institutional Approach to Transnational Terrorism
This paper examines the African Union's (AU) institutional approach to transnational terrorism. Specifically, its approaches in combating Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Boko Haram, and al-Shabaab.
How a Population of 4.2 Billion Could Impact Africa by 2100: The Possible Economic, Demographic, and Geopolitical Outcomes
Since the United Nations released the 2017 edition of its annual World Population Prospects report that predicted a surge in the population of Africa as early as 2050, African leaders and development economists have debated how the continent should prepare. This article analyzes Africa's looming demographic explosion and its likely consequences to help provide the foundational knowledge required for African leaders to make informed policy decisions.