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Terrorist Safe Haven? Bloodshed Spikes in Central African Republic

Terrorist Safe Haven? Bloodshed Spikes in Central African Republic

Rising violence in the Central African Republic is stoking fears of a return to intense fighting between Christian and Muslim armed groups not seen [...] More

AfricaSecurity/StabilityReporting

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<p>An explosion rocks the city of Kobane, Syria.</p>

Street Sense: The Urban Battlefields of the Future

As ISIS’s hold of its capital of Raqqa disintegrates, and the rubble of a razed Aleppo settles, a trend is beginning to emerge – war is becoming [...] More

ReportingTech/Cyber
How Long will Russia and China Underwrite a Collapsing Venezuela?

How Long will Russia and China Underwrite a Collapsing Venezuela?

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro are in a tit-for-tat of name-calling. Trump, in his speech before the [...] More

AsiaAmericasLatin AmericaSecurity/StabilityEuropeReporting

Roots of Radicalism Lie in Economic Inequality

In June, 16 retired generals and admirals testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that international economic development assistance "is not [...] More

ReportingEconomics
How Development Aid Serves U.S. National Security Goals

How Development Aid Serves U.S. National Security Goals

Prospects for the world’s most vulnerable people and fragile countries appear more and more bleak, according to humanitarian aid groups, as sources [...] More

ReportingEconomics

Big Data and Drone Tech Can Help Fight Famine

Hunger and political instability go hand in hand. Fighting and droughts across Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and parts of Nigeria have caused dire [...] More

ReportingTech/Cyber

Hot and Hungry Cities: The Future of Urban Food Wars

This century will be defined by two trends: how we manage climate change and how we manage the rise of megacities. Over the next 20 years, the global [...] More

ReportingTech/Cyber
Starvation Serves as a Weapon for Dictators and Terrorists

Starvation Serves as a Weapon for Dictators and Terrorists

The United States is confronted with security challenges on a daily basis, from unending terrorist attacks to adversaries positioning themselves on [...] More

ReportingTech/Cyber

Outsiders' Bets on Libya Torpedo Peace

Political instability continues to plague Libya as the country is mired in its sixth year of conflict following the 2011 Arab Spring. In July, two of [...] More

AfricaSecurity/StabilityReporting
Libyan Unity Remains Out of Reach

Libyan Unity Remains Out of Reach

More than six years after the Arab Spring reverberated across the Middle East and North Africa, the Libyan people still face a seemingly [...] More

AfricaReporting

Brazil’s Democracy Suffers from Corruption

Brazil is increasingly becoming a less stable country and has been ranked one of the most worsened countries over the past year by the 2017 Fragile [...] More

Latin AmericaAmericasSecurity/StabilityReporting

Colombia Struggles to Fill Power Vacuum

The stability of Colombia has improved significantly over the past year, according to the Fund for Peace’s 2017 Fragile States Index, which measures [...] More

Latin AmericaAmericasSecurity/StabilityReporting

The (Soft) Power to Transform Fragile States

Larry Sampler

The (Soft) Power to Transform Fragile States

Challenges facing those who work in the developing world are complex, profound, varied, and sometimes existential. They range from assuring the [...] More

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