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March 28, 2025

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence

The ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the Middle East. This includes a collection of permanent U.S. bases and vario…

A photo of an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

March 28, 2025

Middle East and North Africa
The Trump Administration’s Approach to the Middle East

Panelists discuss the Trump administration’s role in the Israel-Hamas peace negotiations, U.S. relations with other Middle East countries, and the administration’s priorities regarding U.S. involveme…

Play U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands.

April 1, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: February 2025

Diplomacy was at the forefront of China-Africa relations in February, with China continuing to showcase its commitment to African countries amid far-reaching policy changes from the United States.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opens the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers at the NASREC conference center in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 20, 2025.

January 29, 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S.-Africa Policy in a Second Trump Term

Panelists discuss how a second Trump administration could reshape U.S.-Africa relations, whether security, economic, and diplomatic engagement will deepen or decline, and how to define the U.S. strat…

Play A young girl on a tilling a field with her family in southern Niger, Africa.

January 21, 2025

Somalia
Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State

The would-be independent state stands in contrast to Somalia as a place of relative stability, and despite its lack of international recognition, Somaliland continues to push its own foreign policy.

A statue of a hand painted in the colors of Somaliland's flag holds a map of the territory.

February 13, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: December 2024

China continued to strike economic deals with African countries, particularly in infrastructure, sustainable development, and mining.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint briefing as Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty looks on at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on December 13, 2024. GREG BAKER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

February 12, 2025

South Africa
Trump’s Misguided Policy Toward South Africa

The U.S.-South Africa relationship needs a rethink. But the Trump administration’s approach is only making a bad situation worse.  

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa on December 3, 2024.

February 13, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: January 2025

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi continued the tradition of visiting the continent at the beginning of each year.

Chad’s Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah meets with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in N’Djamena, Chad on January 8, 2025. JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP via Getty Images

January 27, 2025

Donald Trump
Middle East policy advice from the Vandenberg Coalition

The Vandenberg Coalition has issued a report on Middle East policy for the Trump administration.

December 3, 2024

Israel
Assessing a Year of War in the Middle East

A year after Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces a seven-front war and deepening divisions between its military and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis …

A Palestinian man looks out of his heavily damaged house at neighbouring houses which witnesses said were destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in the east of the Gaza strip.