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November 21, 2023

India
IMEC Needs a Robust Economic Framework and a Stable West Asia

Delhi’s track record on economic corridors is mixed. IMEC might be different depending on political stability in the region.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose together for a photograph during an official visit reception in Abu Dhabi on July 15, 2023.

November 7, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Europe: October 2024

European and Chinese leaders are jetting back and forth between Asia and Europe to tamp down escalating security and economic challenges. North Korean troops in Kursk, falling European competitivenes…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a press conference during the Berlin Process Summit, in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2024.

April 21, 2021

Chad
Deby's Death Heightens Uncertainty in Chad, West Africa

Chad strongman Idriss Deby's death on April 20, allegedly in combat with rebel forces that had crossed over from Libya, is bad news for the immediate struggle against jihadi radicalism in Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon. The news is also unwelcome for France and the United States.

A picture of recently deceased Chadian President Idriss Deby, sitting in front of a soldier wearing military fatigues.

November 10, 2024

United States
Happy 249th Birthday, U.S. Marine Corps! 

The U.S. Marine Corps marks 249 years of service.  

US Marine Corps 'Crucible' Exercise

April 18, 2022

West Africa
Under Threat: Democracy in Africa

Our panelists discuss the most recent rise in violent conflict and coups in Africa, the threats these coups pose to fragile democratic institutions, governance, and civil society, and options to prev…

Play National observers look on while electoral official organize votes during the closing of the polls in a polling station in the city of Bahir Dar, on June 21, 2021. - Ethiopia voted on June 21, 2021, in an election billed as the most democratic yet in Africa's second-most populous country, but taking place as famine blights its war-torn Tigray region.

July 9, 2019

Zimbabwe
Wildlife Conservation in Africa, Outrage in the West, and Cecil the Lion

Four years ago, on July 2, 2015, a Minneapolis Dentists killed a well-known Lion, Cecil, in a Zimbabwe trophy hunt with a bow and arrow. Cecil was something of a star in the developed world.

A man dressed as Cecil the Lion on a subway platform in New York.