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May 26, 2008

Libya Shunning the Dollar?

This post is by Rachel Ziemba, filling in for Brad Setser. I want to thank Brad for giving me the chance to guest blog again. With oil futures staying above $130 a barrel - the links between dollar…

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February 24, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa Program Update

This is hopefully the beginning of semi-regular informal updates of what’s going on with the Ralph Bunche Chair here at the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program. We recently hired a new in…

June 24, 2011

United States
Libya: "Justifications" for Intervention

Rebels fighters are reflected on a side mirror at the front line in Ajdabiyah June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany As anyone who reads this blog probably knows, I have been a critic of the U…

Libya: "Justifications" for Intervention

October 2, 2011

You Might Have Missed: Gender Equality, Private Contractors, and a Syrian No-Fly Zone

U.S. Army soldiers returning from duty in Iraq walk through smoke as they arrive during a welcome home ceremony in Colorado Springs on February 13, 2009 (Rick Wilking/Courtesy Reuters). - World …

 U.S. Army soldiers returning from duty in Iraq walk through smoke as they arrive during a welcome home ceremony in Colorado Springs on February 13, 2009 (Rick Wilking/Courtesy Reuters).

October 3, 2011

Intelligence
Anwar al-Awlaki: What We Learned from His Killing

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric with ties to al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate, gives a sermon in an undisclosed location in October 2008. After covert military operations are revealed—in this case by …

Anwar al-Awlaki: What We Learned from His Killing