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Boko Haram's Evolving Threat (Africa Security Brief, Number 20, April 2012)

: The reemergence of the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram is cause for significant con... more : The reemergence of the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram is cause for significant concern. Since late 2010, the organization has been responsible for a brutal campaign of attacks targeting public officials and institutions and, increasingly, ordinary men, women, and children, wreaking havoc across northern Nigeria. At least 550 people were killed in 115 separate attacks in 2011, a grisly toll that has been accelerating. Meanwhile, Boko Haram's rhetoric and tactics indicate that the organization has expanded its reach well beyond its original base in northeastern Nigeria. Indeed, it may be evolving into a transnational threat with links to other terrorist groups and violent extremists in North, West, and East Africa. The group thus constitutes a wider threat to the political, economic, and security interests in Africa. Given that Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil exporter (it holds the world's 10th largest proven reserves) as well as the continent's most pop...

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

: For almost a generation, Somalia has been a byword for state failure, defying the combined effo... more : For almost a generation, Somalia has been a byword for state failure, defying the combined efforts of diplomats and soldiers to restore some semblance of order, to say nothing of a functional national government. In the absence of an effective sovereign, the country is a backdrop for multiple humanitarian crises, as well as the emergence of an epidemic of maritime piracy that threatened vital sea lanes in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean. Even worse, notwithstanding a military intervention by the army of neighboring Ethiopia and the subsequent deployment of an African Union force operating with a mandate from the United Nations Security Council, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group, al-Shabaab, managed to seize control of most of central and southern Somalia and confined the internationally-recognized government and the peacekeepers protecting it to little more than a few besieged districts in the capital of Mogadishu. Consequently, in the space of months, the tide was t...

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India in Africa: Implications of an Emerging Power for AFRICOM and U.S. Strategy

FOREWORDSeveral trends make this chapter topic important. First, Africa, long marginalized in int... more FOREWORDSeveral trends make this chapter topic important. First, Africa, long marginalized in international relations, has emerged today as a strategically, diplomatically, and economically vital component in the global balance of the 21st century, with the major powers seeking access to the continent's resources and forging ties with African governments and peoples. The establishment of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is but one indication of America's growing network of political, economic, and security commitments in Africa. Second, the United States is also actively seeking to build a strong strategic partnership with India, a country whose rapid economic growth, geopolitical position, and proven commitment to democracy make it an especially attractive ally not just in South Asia, but more broadly. Third, as it continues its rise to global power status, India is cultivating its own expanding set of relations across the African continent-a phenomenon that is no...

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Political Realism and the Question of Regime Legitimacy

American Foreign Policy Interests, 2011

Book Review: Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups

International Criminal Justice Review, 2007

China's “Surge” in the Middle East and Its Implications for U.S. Interests

American Foreign Policy Interests, 2009

The emergence of the People's Republic of China as a major political, economic, and military forc... more The emergence of the People's Republic of China as a major political, economic, and military force in the Middle East has had a great impact on United States foreign policy and strategic interests in a vital region of the globe. The article examines the motivations behind and the modalities that characterize the recent upsurge in Chinese engagements in a variety of sectors as well as how they are being perceived by Middle Eastern governments and people before concluding with several recommendations for American policy. Historical Background Contacts between the Greater Middle East and China go back at least 15 centuries, with Persian and Arab merchants and diplomats following the Silk Road to its eastern terminus at present-day Xi'an, capital of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), 3 as well as traveling to the Middle Kingdom by sea through the Spice Islands to southeastern ports like Guangzhou (Canton). From at least the period of the Mongol conquest and the subsequent establishment of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), China's rulers

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Boko Haram's Evolving Threat (Africa Security Brief, Number 20, April 2012)

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

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India in Africa: Implications of an Emerging Power for AFRICOM and U.S. Strategy

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Political Realism and the Question of Regime Legitimacy

American Foreign Policy Interests, 2011

Book Review: Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups

International Criminal Justice Review, 2007

China's “Surge” in the Middle East and Its Implications for U.S. Interests

American Foreign Policy Interests, 2009

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