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May 9, 2024

Nigeria
Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is pictured smiling at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

July 23, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Alex Perry on Nigeria’s Boko Haram

With its violence, its ritualized executions, its mixture of the utterly archaic with AK-47s and YouTube videos, its behavior modeling based on a nineteenth century interpretation of an obscure medie…

The Hunt for Boko Haram: Investigating the Terror Tearing Nigeria Apart, by Alex Perry
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

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

September 23, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Tom Steyer, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Update: Tom Steyer announced on February 29, 2020, that he was ending his campaign. Can lightning strike twice? Tom Steyer hopes that it does. Back in 2016, Donald Trump was a billionaire business…

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

November 9, 2011

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Perry on Iran

Rick Perry speaks during a visit to plastics manufacturer. (Mary Chastain/courtesy Reuters) Rick Perry is making his media rounds. He discussed defense and foreign policy with ABC’s Christiane Amanp…

Campaign 2012 Roundup: Perry on Iran
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge