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December 13, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
What’s General Sisi So Scared Of?

This morning’s New York Times reveals the paranoia and vulnerability of the current Egyptian regime. Michele Dunne, a former career diplomat who served in Cairo and also at the National Security Cou…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 4, 2013

China
Big Data: An Interview with Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, authors of the new book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, published last month, answered several questions on big d…

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (Courtesy Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics Asia Unbound

August 27, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
UN Secretary General in Nigeria

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Abuja August 23 to 24, his first to Nigeria since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The secretary general commemorated the fourth anniversary of…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 4, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Major Nigerian Terrorist Arrested

The Nigerian Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and a spokesman for the Nigerian army announced on April 3 the capture and arrest of Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru (“Vanguard for the Pro…

al-Barnawi Arrested
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 9, 2018

Malaysia
Malaysia’s Upcoming General Election: What to Expect

Last week, Malaysian prime minister Najib tun Razak dissolved parliament and called a general election, which will now occur no more than sixty days after April 7, the day of dissolution. Najib and o…

Malaysian Prime Minister
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound