Nonstate armed actors in 2022: Alive and powerful in the new geopolitics
Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series titled “Nonstate armed actors and illicit economies in 2022″ from Brookings’s Initiative…
Boko Haram: How 14 year-old blind girl walked out of Sambisa forest
By Dilibe Michael It was midnight when Amina Modu and her co-blind friend, Ya Arkwai, crept out of Sassawa, a…
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Complex Air Defense: Countering the Hypersonic Missile Threat
•A Report of the CSIS Missile Defense Project By Tom Karako, Masao Dahlgren DOWNLOAD THE REPORT WATCH THE EVENT Summary Hypersonic weapons…
Why North dominates Police recruitment
By Nneoma Benson The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is expected to add 60,000 men to its workforce over the next…
The Pentagon wants to ruin China’s ‘Sputnik Moment’
Microwaves and turbulent air could kill China’s hypersonic missiles on the cheap. By Jack Detsch Stop if you’ve heard this: China…
Syria’s Kurds wanted autonomy, they hot an endless war
•The Kurds of northeastern Syria dreamed of establishing an autonomous, multiethnic and gender-equal utopia. Instead, their breakaway region has been…
Coups: Targeted sanctions are trendy, but not very dffective
By Erica Gaston Sanctions are in the air everywhere these days. Just this week, there was a ratcheting up of…
Wave of juntas in Africa and the worrisome celebratory reception by civilians
By Olusegun Akinfenwa Within the past 18 months, Africa has experienced six coups, with the most recent in Burkina Faso…
If Putin decides to invade Ukraine…who is next in Europe?
…few Russians will be expecting it •The propaganda machine has not yet been switched on •Even relatively friendly countries in…
Zamfara in turmoil as terrorists declare state as safe haven
•Multiple sources said Nasarawar Mai Fara in Tsafe local government was attacked over the failure of the residents to pay…