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February 16, 2005

Iraq

This publication is now archived. What is the status of the administration’s Iraq debt-reduction plan?Presidential envoy James A. Baker III, a former U.S. secretary of state, visited Japan and China …

Backgrounder by Esther Pan

August 12, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

Comment on Ivory Coast, Disarmament, and the Dozos

A woman and child mount a motorcycle driven by a dozo who is among those monitoring the road between Man and Duékoué in western Côte d’Ivoire, July 2011. (Nancy Palus/Courtesy IRIN). I am republis…

Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

August 2, 2016

Politics and Government

The Kimani Murders and the Future of Police Accountability in Kenya

This is a guest post by Claire Wilmot, a former intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Program. She is a master of global affairs graduate from the University of Toronto, where she curren…

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 15, 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo

The Cobalt Boom

Demand has skyrocketed for cobalt, focusing attention on its complex and controversial supply chain. The mineral is an important component in lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from electric cars to smartphones.