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September 4, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Northern Nigeria and the U.S. Response to Syria

As President Obama and the Congress decide how to respond to the apparent use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, Alex Thurston has published a sobering post on his Sahel Blog. In his “A Northe…

A youth rides past a bicycle along Anka-Sokoto road in northeastern state of Zamfara August 13, 2013.

September 9, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Reactions to the U.S. Strike in Somalia

  This is a guest post by Alex Dick-Godfrey, Assistant Director, Studies administration for the Council on Foreign Relations Studies Program. Last week, the United States conducted an airstrike on …

Somalia al Shabaab ADG

January 18, 2019

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: January 18, 2019

This week: India confronts the 'panopticon'; Apple's CEO calls for federal privacy legislation, and the Huawei saga continues. 

Huawei's Ren Zhengwei

October 8, 2017

Israel
The Coming Confrontation Between Israel and Iran

In the United States, discussions of Iran have for the last few years been mostly about the JCPOA—the nuclear deal negotiated by President Obama. In the Middle East, things are different. This is …

December 4, 2020

Transition 2021
Transition 2021: The Looming Iran Crisis

Each Friday, I look at what is happening in President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House. This week: Iran will likely provide an early test for Biden and his national security team.

The Iranian flag flies in front of a nuclear power plant.