Central African Republic

August 22, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Swift U.S. Response Needed to Contain Mpox Outbreak in Africa

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on August 14 due to a surge in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox,...

February 20, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Jihadi History: Al-Qaeda’s failed mobilization efforts in Central African Republic

In early 2014, when observers and researchers were sounding the alarm about a potential genocide in the Central African Republic (CAR), al-Qaeda attempted to throw itself into the ring by trying...

September 11, 2023 | Caleb Weiss |

Analysis: Setting the stage for Mali’s near future

Mali’s immediate and near future prospects for security are immensely bleak. France, and many of its international counter-terrorism partners, are long gone. The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission...

September 6, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Imperialism returns to Africa

The new colonialists are Chinese, Russian, and Islamist

February 1, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Soldiers of Misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing

January 25, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Colin P. Clarke

Understanding the US Designation of the Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organisation

Last week US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the Treasury Department will designate the private military company (PMC) Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organisation...

January 20, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Madison Urban

Washington must label Russian private army Wagner Group as the terrorist group it is

Recent media reports show that the Biden administration is considering designating the infamous Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, as a terrorist entity. While such a move may seem counterintuitive...

January 4, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

A sorry summit

Meeting with African leaders, Biden avoids the pivotal issues

September 29, 2022 | Madison Urban, CPT Sara Downing

The Wagner Group: Paramilitary Terrorism

President Biden recently stated he would deny congressional resolutions to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The president’s response comes amid a broader discussion of how to counter...

September 17, 2022 | Caleb Weiss |

Islamic State claims first attacks inside Benin

Through its weekly Al-Naba newsletter earlier this week, the Islamic State officially claimed its first two operations inside Benin. The attacks now join the chorus of strikes committed inside the littoral...

June 21, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts

Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.

June 8, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Rue Britannia? Russian, Iranian and Chinese imperialism is what should concern us

Russian, Iranian, and Chinese imperialism is what should concern us

August 24, 2021 | Morgan Lorraine Viña |

UN Peacekeeping in Cyprus: So Much for Deterrence

In Hans Christian Anderson’s children’s classic The Emperor’s New Clothes, the unfortunate emperor parades around the streets in his birthday suit, confident that his fine garments are seen by everyone...

July 21, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with peacekeeping

The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally

February 1, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

How much is the U.N. worth?

This may come as a shock: It’s possible, not likely but possible, that a committee of officials from the Defense, State and Justice Departments, as well as the National Security Council, wi...

August 17, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Tracking freedom’s enemies

If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is...

April 13, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

How to Keep the Financial Pressure on Iran and Its Proxies

"...Our concerns will remain with respect to Iranian behavior so long as Iran continues its sponsorship of terrorism, its support for proxies who destabilize the Middle East, its threats against...

January 9, 2014 | Ali Alfoneh |

Iran: Rouhani Fights the Revolutionary Guards, Not Corruption

Just before leaving office, the Iranian press confronted president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a Transparency International report declaring Iran "the second most corrupt country in the world." As t...

December 17, 2013 |

Hail to the French

This coming spring will mark the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide, when as many as a million innocent civilians were butchered to death by Hutu tribal extremists in an orgy of bloodshed th...

August 24, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

As The West Lets Down Its Guard

The United States is now following Europe’s precedent of cutting military spending in the name of shoring up its economy.