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April 23, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Kony 2012 "Cover the Night" a Flop?

Asch Harwood is the Africa program research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. Update: I was recently interviewed on NPR’s "On the Media." You can listen here. When Invisible Children…

Supporters watch a projection that is part of the non-profit organization Invisible Children's "Kony 2012" viral video campaign in New York April 20, 2012.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 9, 2019

Middle East and North Africa
Abbas Celebrates 14th Anniversary of His Four-Year Term

On January 9, 2005—exactly 14 years ago today—Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. For a four-year term. Today Abbas begins serving the fifteenth year of his four-year…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 15, 2015

United States
A Conversation With Mark Jones and Kellie Meiman Hock

This post features Mark P. Jones, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy’s political science fellow and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin America Studies at Rice University, and Kellie Meim…

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

October 24, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 24, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. North Korea releases U.S. prisoner. On Tuesday, Pyongyang releas…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

November 29, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Geopolitical Quagmire of the Eastern Congo

The situation in the eastern Congo is no less obscure than before the regional leaders met for negotiations over the weekend. M23 stated they would leave the city of Goma, captured on November 20, by…

UN peacekeepers hold a position outside the eastern Congolese city of Goma 23/07/2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition