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June 27, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Soccer: African Islamism and the “Beautiful Game”
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. When al Shabaab, the violent Islamist group in Somalia, took control of the ca…
November 22, 2013
China
Tracking the Traffickers: A More Comprehensive Anti-Poaching Approach
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. In the fight to save Africa’s wildlife and stem the tide of senseless slaughte…
November 1, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Denis Mukwege: A Surgeon in the “Rape Capital of the World”
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been back in the media over the…
September 7, 2012
Economics
Review of Dealing Death and Drugs
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat running for the 16th District of Texas (El Paso and its environs), and a shoe-in for the seat. Among his many accomplishments, th…
August 30, 2010
Israel
Questionable Timing on Mideast Talks
Severe political constraints on Israeli and Palestinian leaders cloud the prospects for progress in direct talks due to start later this week, says CFR’s Steven A. Cook.