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September 25, 2018

United Nations
Narcissistic Nationalism: Trump’s Second UN General Assembly Address

Trump’s address to the UN highlighted his narrow-minded, transactional approach to diplomacy. He may have been speaking at the United Nations, but the emphasis was clearly on the second word—nations—…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 25, 2018.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

October 13, 2016

International Organizations
The UN’s Ninth Secretary-General is António Guterres

The following is a guest post by Megan Roberts, associate director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Today the UN General Assembly …

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist

December 13, 2017

Nigeria
Nigerian General Leading the Fight Against Boko Haram is Replaced

The Nigerian Army announced on December 6 that Major General Rogers Ibe Nicholas is replacing Major General Ibrahim Attahiru as the commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military effort against the jihadist insurgency Boko Haram in what is a positive sign of accountability.

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 26, 2013

Politics and Government
A Faustian Pact: Generals as Democrats

This article was originally published here in the New York Times on July 25, 2013. The luxurious officers’ club of Egypt’s elite Republican Guard sits near downtown Cairo, its pool and patios surrou…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 9, 2019

Cuba
The OAS Secretary General Tells the Whole Truth About the Cuban Regime

For many years the Organization of American States was a dictators' club, where the rule was "you don't criticize my human rights abuses and I won't criticize yours." And the secretaries-general of t…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points