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    How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

    President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

    Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

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    Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.

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    Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new virus strains are all presenting hurdles.

    Backgrounder by Claire Felter March 1, 2021

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    Nonstate Warfare The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias

    Stephen Biddle explains how nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfare.

    Book by Stephen Biddle April 6, 2021 National Security and Defense Program

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    The 21st Century World: Big Challenges & Big Ideas: What Are the Lessons of History for Our Era?

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    Margaret MacMillan discusses prominent events in history that can help increase our understanding of current events and guide policymaking.  This meeting launches CFR’s new speaker series, The 21st Century World: Big Challenges & Big Ideas, which will feature some of today’s leading thinkers and tackle issues ​that will define this century. The series commemorates CFR’s centennial and will be released as a podcast later this year. 

    Virtual Event with Margaret MacMillan April 13, 2021

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    A Conversation with Dr. K.Y. Amoako on the Future of African Development
    CFR Senior Fellow for Africa Studies Michelle Gavin interviews Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation Dr. K.Y. Amoako.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin August 12, 2020 Strength Through Peace
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    Amid Major Transformations, Africa Will Play An Important Role In Shaping the Future
    From the dismal domestic disarray that continues to sicken and kill Americans across the country to the dysfunction at the UN Security Council and brittle fractures in international cooperation, it i…
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin July 22, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    As Oil Collapses, so Does a Vital Source of African Revenue
    Accompanying the misery of the coronavirus pandemic has been an ongoing crisis in the oil industry. While the scale and tragedy of the coronavirus is front and center in our minds, the collapse of oi…
    Blog Post by John Campbell April 22, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Africa Confronts Falling Oil Prices Amid Coronavirus
    The new coronavirus has led to a slowdown in economic activity in China and East Asia more broadly. The global price of oil has now fallen to $53 a barrel. This is beginning to affect the oil-exporti…
    Blog Post by John Campbell March 6, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Secretary of State Pompeo Completes Trip to Africa
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently completed his first trip in his current role to Africa. Over three days, he visited Dakar in Senegal, Luanda in Angola, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where he a…
    Blog Post by John Campbell February 20, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Learning What We Always Knew: Corruption in Angola
    2020 is off to a rough start for “Africa’s richest woman,” Isabel dos Santos, the jet-setting daughter of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who led his country for 38 years until bein…
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin January 29, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    A Conversation With President João Lourenço of Angola
    President Lourenço discusses Angola’s course toward the consolidation of democracy, transparency, and prosperity. 
    Event with João Lourenço September 23, 2019
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    Southern Africa’s Leaders Walking Anti-Corruption Tightrope
    Several southern African states are in the news for anti-corruption efforts. In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a special tribunal to expedite state efforts to track down ill-…
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin March 6, 2019 Africa in Transition
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    How Much Change Will President Lourenco Bring to Angola?
    Recent news out of Angola has raised the stakes in new President Joao Lourenco’s push to differentiate his tenure from that of his predecessor. Though he became president in September 2017, it was no…
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin October 3, 2018 Africa in Transition
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    Trump Staying the Course with Angola
    Rachael Sullivan is a Master of Public Administration candidate at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. She is currently a Franklin Williams intern at the Council on Foreig…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell August 23, 2017 Africa in Transition
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    Yellow Fever in Central Africa: A Preventable Epidemic
    Gabriella Meltzer is a research associate in the Council on Foreign Relations Global Health program. From Ebola to Zika, recent global health crises have been defined by unpredictable outbreaks of…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell August 17, 2016 Africa in Transition
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    Gains Against Poaching at Risk in Southern Africa
    This is a guest post by Allen Grane, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. In recent years, southern Africa has been the last bastion for elephant protectio…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell April 14, 2016 Africa in Transition
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    Assessing Angola's Political and Economic Future
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    Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti discusses peace, national unity, and development in Angola as it celebrates forty years of independence.
    Event with Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti November 19, 2015
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    Africa on the UN Security Council
    First, a primer. The UN Security Council consists of fifteen members. Five are permanent and have the power to veto all resolutions. These member states are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom,…
    Blog Post by John Campbell October 9, 2014 Africa in Transition
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    Brazil: A New Tiger in Africa?
    Americans sometimes think that the Chinese in Africa are ten feet tall.  But, other countries are more quietly expanding their African economic and political ties:  India and South Korea come to mind…
    Blog Post by John Campbell August 8, 2012 Africa in Transition
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