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March 14, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Standoff Between Nigeria’s New Defense Minister and the Chief of Defense Staff
Earlier in the week a guest blogger and I published separate posts on Nigeria’s new defense minister, Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. The two blog posts, while covering different aspects of the appointment, sa…
April 25, 2019
Nigeria
Preaching, Power, and Private Jets in Nigeria
Bishop Oyedepo, head of the Living Faith World Outreach Ministry (Winner’s Chapel) is commonly regarded as the wealthiest preacher in Nigeria, with an estimated personal net worth of $150 million. His fleet of four jets includes a Gulfstream V, which cost $30 million.
June 14, 2018
U.S. Foreign Policy
What Kind of World are We Living In?
“Life today seems like a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying something,” writes Editor Gideon Rose in his introduction to the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs. It seems …
January 25, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria Reads on Boko Haram and the Fuel Subsidy
There have been a few of reads on Nigeria that I wanted to call your attention to. Yesterday, Human Rights Watch, in a report, attributed 935 deaths to alleged attacks by Boko Haram since July 2009. …
August 15, 2018
Saudi Arabia
Tesla: The Risks of a Foreign Buyout
If Tesla goes private with significant funding from Saudi Arabia or other foreign investors, it would raise national security and ethical questions.
