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August 18, 2020

International Finance
Africa Remains Untapped Market for Booming Black Businesses in America

African Americans are in a financial position to start businesses in Africa, including in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana, and they should.

African man, a professional runner from Kenya, stands in front of his store selling athletic gear. A sign on the wall says "Olympics Corner Iten-Kenya", above a Kenyan flag.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 15, 2020

United States
Black Lives Matter—for Social Justice, and for America’s Global Role

Human rights abuses at home undermine U.S. global leadership.

Demonstrators hold a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest against racial inequality in New York City.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

April 19, 2024

Ukraine
Blueprints for Renewal: Reconstructing Ukraine

Panelists discuss global financial efforts to support the reconstruction of Ukraine and help rebuild the country’s infrastructure and economy following Russia’s military aggression. This meeting i…

Play A torn flag of Ukraine hung on a wire in front an apartment building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict
Virtual Event by Nadia Calviño, Oleksandr Kubrakov, Odile Renaud-Basso, and Heidi Crebo-Rediker

July 30, 2014

Austria
TWE Remembers: The Black Tom Explosion

The explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in Jersey City, New Jersey at 2:08 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916 was massive. It generated shockwaves equivalent to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake, blowing …

Black Tom Explosion
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 4, 2024

United States
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: Fellows’ Book Launch—God, Guns, and Sedition

In God, Guns, and Sedition, Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware offer the definitive account of the rise of far-right terrorism in the United States—and how to counter it. In recent years shocking acts o…

Play People grieving at the site of the site of the church shooting massacre in Charleston, South Carolina
Virtual Event by Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware, and Michael Froman Renewing America

April 17, 2024

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Preventing U.S. Election Violence in 2024

Violence around U.S. elections in 2024 could not only destabilize American democracy but also embolden autocrats across the world. Jacob Ware recommends that political leaders take steps to shore up …

The U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Jacob Ware Center for Preventive Action

July 8, 2020

Demonstrations and Protests
Black Lives Matter Protests in Africa Shine a Light on Local Police Brutality

There has been reporting on police brutality in enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, especially in Kenya and South Africa, where Western media is based. The popular African perception is that police brutality is the norm.

I young black man with a light blue medical mask on which is written in red "I can't breathe," looks in the direction of the camera, with his right hand holding a black sign that says "Stop Killer Cops" and his left hand raised in a fist. He is flanked by other protestors in masks and with signs.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition