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August 22, 2018

Nigeria
Political Turmoil in Nigeria

These are unsettled times in Nigerian politics. On August 7, masked operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), secret police, barricaded the national assembly in Abuja, preventing access by legislators. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo proceeded to fire DSS chief Lawal Daura and later placed him under house arrest.

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 5, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Unstable Oil Markets Affect Nigerian Society

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 15, 2016

Elections and Voting
Podcast: A Chinese Perspective on the U.S. Election

It has been a busy few weeks for foreign policy analysts in Beijing as they struggle to determine how China should best approach relations with the incoming U.S. president. On this week’s Asia Unboun…

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Podcast Asia Unbound

January 21, 2015

United States
Howard Dean and Grover Norquist on the Successes and Failures of LBJ's Great Society

Half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced his broad social agenda, the Great Society, experts discuss the effect that the legislation continues to have on U.S. policy and competitiv…

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Event by Grover Norquist, Howard Dean, and Michael P. Hirsh