Aspen Policy Books is a series of annual publications on the United States’ most pressing foreign policy and national security issues. In 2017, the Aspen Strategy Group examined the future of the lib…

Former Ambassador John Campbell illustrates the history and importance of Nigeria, a country too often overlooked by the West.

John Campbell and Matthew Page provide an overview of the politics, history, and culture of Nigeria, including the threat of Boko Haram and religious conflicts.

In Morning in South Africa, John Campbell provides an incisive and deeply informed introduction to post-apartheid South Africa.

John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, explores the country's postcolonial history and examines the events and conditions that have carried this troubled giant to the edge.

A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.

"Religion and Security in Nigeria," authored by John Campbell, is a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security breaks new ground by…

Americans and Europeans are divided by more than an ocean when it comes to designing and carrying out policies toward countries that repress human rights, develop weapons of mass destruction, and/or …

Paul B. Stares proposes a comprehensive new strategy, "preventive engagement," for how the United States can manage an increasingly turbulent world and reduce the risk of costly military commitments.

Read an excerpt of Support Any Friend. In his timely, perceptive, and elegantly written book, Senior Fellow Warren Bass offers striking new insights into the origins of today's Middle East. He ill…