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April 8, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of April 8, 2016

Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Gabriella Meltzer, Gabriel Walker, and Pei-Yu Wei look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Corruption and combat thwart counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan. T…

Poppy-field-soldier-Helmand
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 23, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Warning of Kidnapping by Nigeria’s Boko Haram

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed on December 18 issued a warning that Boko Haram is planning a spectacular kidnapping similar to the 2014 Chibok kidnapping. Mohammed said tha…

BH Kidnap Victims
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 5, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
The Saudis and Israel

Two new developments may suggest an opening in relations between Israel and the Gulf states. The first is a new survey of public opinion in Saudi Arabia, conducted by telephone--from Israel, by stud…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 20, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
The UAE Model for Arab Women

Combating ISIS and Islamist terrorism more generally requires bullets and bombs, but it requires far more--including changing the social practices that have marginalized so many Arabs in their own co…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 11, 2023

Nigeria
“A Religious War”

Nigeria’s close-run presidential election was not about religion, until it was.

A pastor dressed in white stands before a congregation, some of whom are laying on the ground in prayer.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition