East Africa

Congo the Colossal Cripple

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 26, 2012

Maybe the DRC is just too big.

American Interest, American Blood

Robert W. Merry | Oct 24, 2012

The price America pays in blood for its overseas initiatives rarely gets mentioned in political debates surrounding such policies, but it deserves more attention.

A Vicious Cycle of Intervention in Somalia

Malou Innocent | Jul 30, 2012

America has been trying and failing to transform the country for over twenty years.

The Limitless Global War

Paul R. Pillar

The myth of a coherent "Al Qaeda" is being used to justify illegal, unconstitutional warfare.

Drones, Special Operations and Whimsical Wars

Benjamin H. Friedman

Congress should spend less time policing leaks about the president's unilateral exercise of war powers and more time restraining them.

The Era of Nation Cultivation

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

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

Stop It with the Kony 2012, Already

Malou Innocent

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

Al-Qaeda Grows in Africa

Rohan Gunaratna

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

Skepticism Needed About “Freedom Fighters”

Ted Galen Carpenter

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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