One analyst believes that the Amani Africa II exercises will show up the ASF as “unfit for purpose, especially as regards its capacity in a rapid deployment role.”
Monthly Archives: July 2015
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William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, discusses ways to manage increasing global migration flows in a humane manner.
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Turkey’s confrontation against ISIS, which appears to be gaining momentum, is also likely to coincide with a spike in anti-Kurdish operations.
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United Nations consultant Ian Quick discusses the “follies” of the international community’s response to state fragility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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However one interprets the ICC’s track record, the Habré trial suggests a different approach to justice in Africa.
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Buhari must implement the domestic reforms necessary to reduce the appeal of anti-government movements and prevent the development of additional insurgencies in Boko Haram’s mold.
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The fate of the Kurds is not entirely in their own hands, for true sovereign independence requires the recognition of other states.
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Former US State Department China official Thomas J. Christensen outlines a vision of cooperation and mutual growth for Beijing and Washington.
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Since the 1999 establishment of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, farmer-herder violence has reached alarming levels, reportedly killing thousands and displacing tens of thousands more.
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The optimism of the Assad regime of two years’ ago, when Hezbollah openly started fighting alongside the Syrian army, shows clear signs of fatigue.