Mali weighs its options amid US and Russian overtures

With its mineral wealth and jihadist dilemma, Mali is entertaining both the Americans and the Russians, to see what each can offer, and what they want in return

Sergey Eledinov and Konstantin Terentev

The Death of the “Resistance”  

When Hezbollah declared itself as a resistance movement in 1982, it didn’t create an original concept. The National Resistance Front – composed of Lebanese secular and leftist parties – was already…

Hanin Ghaddar

If America Were in Africa 

In April 2013, when I was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, I accompanied former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta Andrew Young to a meeting with…

Reuben E. Brigety II

U.S. Africa Policy Needs a Reset 

Early in his administration,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumpseemed poised to make major changes toU.S.policy toward Africa. His signature "America first" approach was inherently skeptical of foreign…

John Campbell

America Needs Compulsory Voting

Electoral participation inthe United Stateslags far behind that in other developed democracies. Typically, about six in ten eligible voters have cast ballots in recent presidential elections-and…

Anthony Fowler

U.S. Africa Policy Needs a Reset 

Early in his administration,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumpseemed poised to make major changes toU.S.policy toward Africa. His signature "America first" approach was inherently skeptical of foreign…

John Campbell