Burundian Elections During COVID-19

By Megan Soetaert In countries throughout the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has created novel challenges in all aspects of governance, from healthcare to trade and many sectors in between. For some countries, like the small East African country… Read More

The (Steel) Rains Down in Africa

  On October 4, 2017 in a village called Tongo Tongo, located 174 kilometers North of the Nigerian capital of Niamey, the highest-casualty event in Africa for American forces since the Mogadishu incident that inspired the movie “Black… Read More

Libya: The Progression of a Failed State—From Benghazi to the Rise of ISIS

It has been over three years since the Benghazi terrorist attack took place when Islamic militants attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith,… Read More