David G. Victor, a Council adjunct senior fellow for science and technology and director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University, spoke to cfr.org’s Esther Pan on …

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he is committed to carrying through political reforms despite lagging progress and concerns the country is devolving deeper into ethnic-based politics.

Yang Guang, director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, says that China and the United States “do not have strategic conflicts” in Africa.

CFR Senior Fellow Laurie Garrett says President Barack Obama’s agriculture development and food security initiative holds promise, but it must focus on how to assist women, who are responsible for th…

General William Ward, head of U.S. Africa Command, discusses the new military command’s efforts to define its strategic approach in Africa.