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The U.S. recently laid out a security assistance package to help counter the growing jihadist threat in West Africa. But is the new initiative too little and too late?
Definitional challenges in international law make regulating Wagner Group activity difficult, and transnational governance is not a ready substitute. What can be done instead?
A foreign terrorist organization designation of the Wagner Group could have severe negative impacts for Africa.
As it currently stands, the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit is poised to put justice for victims and accountability for atrocity crimes on the backburner and perpetuate trends that stagnate progress on the continent.
The world should treat such power grabs like a coup d’état.
The response to the global pandemic by African countries and their external partners has been hampered by a lack of coordination. To streamline efforts to combat the coronavirus in Africa, the U.S. should consider exporting the “Quad Plus” framework used in the Indo-Pacific.
As the Pentagon contemplates a drawdown of the U.S. military presence in Africa, it is imperative for the U.S. military to reaffirm its non-counterterrorism missions in the region and reform how it executes its counterterrorism programs.
How effective are sanctions in Africa? The Sentry recommends ways to make the foreign policy tool more effective in the continent.
In the nearly two decades since 9/11, the United States has increasingly relied on security assistance programs to train, advise and equip foreign military and police forces in an effort to fight threats before they reach the United States.
African regional bodies, are increasingly taking a larger role in promotion of peace and security in their respective regions. This is in stark contrast to previous years, when the main concern of these bodies was economic.