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    It Matters How We Define the African Diaspora
    The explicit incorporation of the African diaspora into U.S.-Africa policy risks segmenting the community into old and new, with important domestic and international consequences.
    Blog Post by Krista Johnson April 5, 2023 Africa in Transition
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    The current diplomatic constellation presents Africa with plenty of options; the region must choose well.
    Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare March 31, 2023 Africa in Transition
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    The mass protests that have rocked Peru since December threaten to upend regional supply chains, intensify migration flows, and strain Lima’s bilateral relations.  
    In Brief by Will Freeman and Ariana Rios March 22, 2023 Latin America Studies Program
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    Peter Obi and a Dream Deferred
    Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war.
    Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare March 22, 2023 Africa in Transition
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    Zimbabwe Limps Toward Elections
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    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin March 21, 2023 Africa in Transition
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    The Long Shadow of the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies Twenty Years Later
    On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …
    Article by Linda Robinson March 20, 2023 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
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