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October 13, 2023

United States
Happy 248th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy marks 248 years of service.

Navy ship
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 15, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. Policy: Reconciling Democracy Promotion and Counterterrorism

This is a guest post by Asch Harwood. Asch is the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program research associate. Yesterday, the White House released its new Africa policy. The top two pillars—suppo…

General Carter F. Ham, commander of the U.S. military's Africa Command, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers June 1, 2011.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 3, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends

A protester walks past burning tyres while biting a lighter during a rally against fuel subsidy removal on Ikorodu road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 3, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Cour…

Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 6, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
What Can the United States Do About Failing States?

Around one billion people live in fragile or failing states. Yet no Washington administration has developed a strategy for helping such states address the causes of their fragility. Instead, most adm…

A child stands in pouring rain in the slum of Susan's Bay in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, August 22, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 27, 2022

2022 in Review
Remembering Ten Americans Who Died in 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy.  

Flags flying at half-staff near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge