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December 19, 2014

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: The Classics And The Middle East, ISIS vs. AQAP, and How Jihadi Groups Make Law

Andrew Gilmour argues that the study of classics is useful to understanding contemporary power struggles in the modern Middle East. Cole Bunzel discusses the rivalry between ISIS and al-Qaeda in the…

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October 1, 2018

News Release
The World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways, Says Thomas Bollyky in New Book

September 28, 2018—There is a paradox in global health: the extraordinary progress being made in overcoming the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that were pervasive in poor societies is…

November 4, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
A Review of Stephen Ellis’ "This Present Darkness"

This is a guest post by Tyler Lycan. Tyler is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program, he recently obtained his Masters in International Security Studies from the Univer…

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July 12, 2012

China
Following the Money in Nigeria

On July 6 and July 9, Democracy in Africa published a must-read, comprehensive analysis of Nigeria’s current political economy. The anonymous author opens with a discussion of the replacement of Nati…

A money dealer counts the Nigerian naira on a machine in his office in the commercial capital of Lagos, January 13, 2009.

August 1, 2023

Democracy
Strengthening South Korean Value Diplomacy for U.S.-South Korean Normative Alignment

The second workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the prospects for enhanced U.S.-South Korean normative cooperation and alignment. …

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Foreign Minister Park Jin listen to leaders' speeches during the first day of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2022.