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Africa Arjun Singh Central Africa Energy & Resources Europe France Human Rights Society, Culture, and Security Sudan United Nations

Rumble in the Jungle: A Special Report on the Central African Civil War

While the West looks away, Arjun Singh examines the civil war, ethnic cleansing and foreign intervention in the Central African Republic, and its implications for NATO and regional security.

Africa Arjun Singh Europe Immigration NATO and Canada NATO Operations Naval Issues Refugee Terrorism

A Terrorist’s Tempest: The Challenge of Operation Sea Guardian

As Europe confronts Jihadists from across the Mediterranean, Arjun Singh lays out measures to upgrade NATO’s maritime operation for better European security.

6. Regions Africa Editors' Forum Julia Schaumer Justin Dell Marian Corera Ryan Atkinson

Outside Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Net Good or Evil?

The program editors at NAOC look at global intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa in the form of military, economic, and political ties.

Africa Aidan Simardone Eastern Europe and Russia NATO and Canada NATO Operations

Legality or Justice? Why NATO Must Uphold the Responsibility to Protect, Even Without Authorization

Aidan Simardone writes on why NATO should intervene in humanitarian crises, even without UN authorization.

Africa Asia-Pacific China Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Karl Ngo The United States of America

NATO’s Future in Sub-Saharan African and the South China Sea

Karl Ngo investigates what a shift in NATO’s direction would mean to its current military support in Sub-Saharan Africa and its possible involvement in the South China Sea territorial dispute.

Africa Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Louis Gonick

The Gambia Welcomes New Leader and Begins a New Era

The resolution of The Gambia’s recent electoral crisis is a victory for democratic transitions of power in Africa. It remains to be seen if other countries in the region can replicate its success.

Africa Society, Culture, and Security Thomas Lee

South Africa: The ANC, Cronyism, and Jacob Zuma’s Nine Lives

The political battleground pitting South African President Jacob Zuma and his personal elite against opposition groups, civil society, and the state’s democratic institutions reached new heights this past year. Thomas Lee takes a look at the country’s rampant corruption, increasingly precarious political and economic backdrop, and the prospects for Zuma’s downfall in 2017.