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November 17, 2014

International Organizations
African Union Peace Operations: From Rhetoric to Reality

—Djibouti, East Africa The slogan of “African solutions to African problems” has long been a seductive mantra, attractive to African and Western governments alike. The phrase suggests a new era of c…

An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldier stands guard atop an armored vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia, November 2013.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

December 8, 2008

Financial Markets
Good bye, petrodollars ...

Estimates of the break-even oil price in Saudi Arabia’s budget vary, ranging from under $40 a barrel to around $50 a barrel. Sometimes that is because of different assumptions about Saudi Arabia’s a…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

September 19, 2014

Egypt
Revisiting Rabaa

Between the war in Gaza, the ISIS advance on Iraq, Libya’s disintegration, and the monumental brutality of the Syrian conflict—the last week of July was the deadliest of the civil war—the world barel…

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

November 12, 2014

Tunisia
Tunisia: First Impressions

Tunis—Ever since Tunisia’s October 26 elections, there has been a raft of paeans to the “birthplace of the Arab Spring.” Tunisia does look pretty good, especially as it sits in between the chaos, res…

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

January 9, 2005

Financial Markets
The price of a European vacation

As readers of this blog no doubt know, the dollar rallied v. the euro last week. Not that most of America noticed. In much of America’s heartland, the dollar’s value does not make the financial new…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money