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Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies
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Phone: +1.212.434.9675
E-mail: jcampbell@cfr.org
Fax: +1.212.434.9687
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New York, NY
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Nigeria, South Africa, U.S.policy toward Africa. HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Languages:French (once fluent, now familiar)
Current Research Project
November 12, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalPost
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s efforts to reform the oil and gas industry have the potential to upset the fragile Nigerian internal political balance among the regions, ethnic and religious groups, and patronage networks, writes John Campbell.
See more in Nigeria, Industrial Policy, Natural Resources Management
November 4, 2009
Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Ambassador John Campbell writes that under the presidency of Umaru Yar'adu, Nigeria is moving away from its corrupt system and towards the rule of law.
See more in Nigeria, Rule of Law, Society and Culture
October 21, 2009
Podcast
CFR's John Campbell says the new, more comprehensive policy for Sudan is "a positive development," and disagrees with those who say the approach offers engagement without requiring that the Sudanese government meet existing benchmarks.
See more in Sudan, International Peace and Security, Peacemaking
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
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For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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