J. Peter Pham

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


Essays

Security

Do Not Resuscitate

| 02.29.08

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

The Battle for Nigeria

| 03.01.07

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

Global Governance

The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance. The Viewpoint of a European Realist

| 01.14.04

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi.

Reviews

Security

Beyond the Illusions

| 07.01.07

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

Security

A War, or Un-War?

| 10.16.06

Experts Peña and Pham square off on Iraq.

Books: Some Unconventional Wisdom

| 09.01.06

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

Security

Strategic Horizons

| 03.01.06

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

Security

Killing to Make a Killing

| 09.01.05

Suicide terrorism may be more rational than meets the eye.

Commentary

Politics

The Plagues of Somalia

| 06.13.11

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

Society

Tempest in Tunis

| 01.21.11

Will the Jasmine Revolution boil over?

Society

A New Chapter for Africa

| 01.10.11

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

Society

Khartoum's Denouement

| 12.03.10

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.

Society

Beyond Secession

| 11.18.10

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

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