Michael Woldemariam | September 10, 2018 | Foreign Affairs What Abiy’s Plans Mean for the Country and the Region Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed waves to supporters as he attends a rally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2018. REUTERS Ethiopia is on t …
Chinese Aid and Investment Are Good for Africa Published: September 4, 2018
Seneglese and Chinese workers at the construction site for a new national theater in Dakar on Feb. 14, 2009. (Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images) J. Peter Pham, Abdoul Salam Bello, Boubacar-Sid Barry | August 31, 2018 | Foreign Policy Increased interest in the c …
The Rise of the Cyber-Mercenaries: What happens when private firms have cyberweapons as powerful as those owned by governments? Published: September 4, 2018
Neri Zilber Illustration by Oliver Munday | August 31, 2018 | Foreign Policy The first text message showed up on Ahmed Mansoor’s phone at 9:38 on a sweltering August morning in 2016. “New secrets about torture of Emiratis in state prisons,” it read, so …
When China Rules the Web Published: September 1, 2018
Adam Segal | September/October 2018 Issue | Foreign Affairs Technology in Service of the State The future is Chinese. Dave Simonds For almost five decades, the United States has guided the growth of the Internet. From its origins as a small Pentagon p …
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A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind Published: August 29, 2018
Reuben Brigety | August 28, 2018 | Foreign Affairs African leaders gathered at the Assembly of Heads of State and the Governments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 2017. TIksaNegeri / REUTERS Africa is transforming rapidly, and the United States’ approach …
How Daniel Ortega Became a Tyrant: From Revolutionary to Strongman Published: August 27, 2018
Gioconda Belli | August 24, 2018 | Foreign Affairs Sandinista supporters carry a portrait of Ortega at a rally in Managua, November 2009. Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters What never should have happened is happening again in Nicaragua. Since April 18, when the …
The New Arab Order: Power and Violence in Today’s Middle East Published: August 22, 2018
Marc Lynch | September/ October 2018 Issue | Foreign Affairs Soldiers walk past damaged buildings in Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria May 22, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets …
Water Wars on the Nile: How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa Published: August 13, 2018
Daniel Benaim and Michael Wahid Hanna | August 9, 2018 | Foreign Affairs Construction on the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, March 2015. REUTER/Tiksa Negeri In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completi …
The People’s Authoritarian – How Russian Society Created Putin Published: July 22, 2018
Michael Kimmage | July/August 2018 Issue | Foreign Affairs President Putin (center) at military parade. In 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe Louis Léonor, better known as the Marquis de Custine, traveled to Russia to understand “the empire of the C …