East Africa

The Era of Nation Cultivation

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

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.

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.

The Fallout from Kony 2012

Did the Kony 2012 documentary do more harm than good?

Homegrown Jihad Sweeps America

With two new cases of domestic terrorism this month, the U.S. must start to take this threat much more seriously.

Interventionist Addiction: U.S. Troops in Central Africa

American blood and treasure pay for Washington's humanitarian-intervention addiction.

A Humanitarian Intervention Worth Doing

This is no Somalia or Libya. Eradicating the Lord's Resistance Army is the right thing to do.

Etzioni and the Great Drone Debate

How drones minimize one of the only remaining restraints on whimsical war making.

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May 26, 2012