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    International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

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  • Somaliland
    Jendayi Frazer on the Search For Multilateral Consensus
    Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs of the United States Jendayi Frazer speaks about the evolution of U.S. policy toward Somaliland.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 14, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • Somalia
    Somalia’s Political Paradoxes Forestall Progress and Stability
    Somali politicians use nationalism to evade political pressure that seeks to create a more accountable and effective state.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin April 13, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • Somalia
    Al-Shabab
    With brazen terrorist attacks at home and abroad, the Somalia-based Islamist insurgent group has proved resilient despite strategic setbacks in recent years.
    Timeline by Claire Felter , Jonathan Masters , Kevin Lizarazo and Jeremy Sherlick March 31, 2022
  • Sudan
    Authoritarian Trends in the Horn of Africa Require New Policy Approach
    U.S. policy has been largely ineffectual in reversing democratic backsliding in the Horn of Africa.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin December 28, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • United States
    U.S. Policy in Africa Should Reflect Renewed Commitment to Democracy
    American policy in Africa has not always empowered those fighting on behalf of democracy—and sometimes even supports anti-democratic forces—taking away from its stated aim of promoting democracy abroad.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin December 15, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Somalia
    Somalia’s Ongoing Political Crisis Exposes Fundamental Problem for U.S. Policy
    Reflections on the shortcoming of U.S. policy in Afghanistan have brought lessons that can be used to rethink American policy toward Somalia.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin September 15, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism
    United States Names Five African Jihadis as Specially Designated Global Terrorists
    The practical consequences of the U.S. Department of State adding five terrorist leaders operating in Africa to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists is likely to be limited.
    Blog Post by John Campbell August 10, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Somaliland
    Recognizing Somaliland's Democratic Success
    On May 31st, the people of Somaliland went to the polls to participate in long-delayed parliamentary and municipal elections.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 8, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Somalia
    Al-Shabab
    Al-Shabab remains capable of carrying out massive attacks in Somalia and surrounding countries despite a long-running African Union offensive against the Islamist terrorist group. 
    Backgrounder by Claire Felter , Jonathan Masters and Mohammed Aly Sergie May 19, 2021
  • COVID-19
    India’s COVID-19 Surge, Somalia’s Political Crisis, and More
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    India struggles with the world’s largest COVID-19 surge, Somalia’s president addresses Parliament after dropping a bid to extend his term, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan gets underway ten years after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon April 29, 2021 The World Next Week
  • Somalia
    Somalia's Political Crisis Demands Sustained Attention
    While international attention has been focused on Ethiopia’s multiple internal and foreign policy crises, the political situation in Somalia has gone from precarious to untenable.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin April 14, 2021 Africa in Transition
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    Nonstate Warfare
    Stephen Biddle explains how nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfare.
    Book by Stephen Biddle April 6, 2021 National Security and Defense Program
  • Refugees and Displaced Persons
    Beyond the Sand and Sea
    From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home.
    Book by Ty McCormick March 30, 2021
  • Somalia
    Somali Stability Depends on More Than Just Counterterrorism
    Among the Trump administration's many eleventh hour decisions that will require quick review by President Biden’s team was the choice to withdraw nearly all U.S. military personnel from Somalia.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin January 22, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Radicalization and Extremism
    From Separatism to Salafism: Militancy on the Swahili Coast
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The revelation that a Kenyan member of al-Shabab was charged with planning a 9/11-style attack on the Unit…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell January 13, 2021 Africa in Transition
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