J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham is director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council.


Essays

Try as we might to revive states like Somalia and Sudan, it is time to just let them rest in peace.

As controversy surrounds Nigeria’s recent presidential elections, the United States cannot afford to ignore the West African giant’s problems.

Reviews

Wishful thinking is preventing the formation of a responsible American foreign-policy strategy.

Experts Peña and Pham square off on Iraq.

A review of The J Curve by Ian Bremmer and Winning the Un-War by Charles Peña.  Two authors turn their critical, discerning eye on the foibles of U.S. counter-terror and nation-building strategy. Just one offers a constructive course

Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

Suicide terrorism may be more rational than meets the eye.

Commentary

Terrorists, Extremists and Pirates: Welcome to the world's most spectacularly failed state.

Will the Jasmine Revolution boil over?

The breakup of Sudan is part of an inevitable redrawing of Africa's boundaries. Will that process continue to be bloody?

The prospect of Northern Sudan as a failed state should temper any schadenfreude policy makers might have about the potential demise of Omar al-Bashir's regime.

As we midwife the birth of Africa's newest nation, South Sudan is already on the brink of state failure.

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February 12, 2012