Africa

The Era of Nation Cultivation

The concept of nation building has brought nothing but trouble. It's time for a paradigm shift.

Reaching Iran through South Africa

Why the most successful route to reaching a nuclear deal with Tehran may be through Pretoria.

Instability Threatens the Sahel

Weapons and unrest are spreading from Libya and inflaming long-dormant tensions throughout the region.

When to Intervene

Protecting innocent lives is a valid argument for humanitarian intervention. Promoting regime change is not.

Stop It with the Kony 2012, Already

Washington reviles the LRA yet supports Arab tyrannies guilty of human-rights abuses on a vastly larger scale.

The Accidental Coup

What last month's spontaneous protest-cum-mutiny-cum-coup in Mali tells us about the unpredictability of history.

Al-Qaeda Grows in Africa

The notorious terrorist group has joined forces with Somali Islamists to wreak havoc on another continent.

Skepticism Needed About “Freedom Fighters”

The anti-Soviet mujahideen. Jonas Savimbi. The Nicaraguan Contras. Kony's LRA. America's opinion leaders must be more careful about whose politics they endorse.

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May 26, 2012