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April 5, 2024

United States
Election 2024: China’s Efforts to Interfere in the U.S. Presidential Election

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: China is following Russia’s lead in meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

China Russia Flags

October 4, 2023

Nigeria
An Army of Special Assistants

Why do public office holders in Nigeria increasingly appoint a large number of personal aides?

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike addresses a crowd while holding one hand up in the air.

March 8, 2024

Israel
The Future of Gaza

A new proposal for the future of Gaza urges formation of an International Trust for Gaza Reconstruction. 

February 22, 2023

Nigeria
What’s at Stake in Nigeria’s General Elections?

[Voters in Africa’s most populous country and largest economy cast ballots for a new leader in the Feb. 25 Nigerian general elections. Here are answers to some essential questions about the vote]

A man walks by a wall of election campaign posters in Nigeria.

June 22, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Security Developments: Niger Delta Avengers, Boko Haram, and New Police Inspector General

International attention has been focused on the devaluation of the national currency, the naira, but there have been important security developments meanwhile. Militants, called the “Niger Delta Ave…

Nigerian Security Developments: Niger Delta Avengers, Boko Haram, and New Police Inspector General

June 16, 2015

Defense and Security
Top Ten Findings of the CIA Inspector General’s Report on 9/11

Last week, in response to long-standing FOIA requests, the CIA declassified—with significant redactions—five documents related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The most notable was a J…

CIA HQ