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Water Wars on the Nile: How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa

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Daniel Benaim and Michael Wahid Hanna | August 9, 2018 | Foreign Affairs In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River has the potential to transform Ethiopia’s economy and revolutionize the agricultural sector of its northwestern neighbor Sudan. But … [Read more...] about Water Wars on the Nile: How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa

The People’s Authoritarian – How Russian Society Created Putin

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Michael Kimmage | July/August 2018 Issue  | Foreign Affairs In 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe Louis Léonor, better known as the Marquis de Custine, traveled to Russia to understand “the empire of the Czar.” Competing with his compatriot Alexis de Tocqueville’s study of American democracy, Custine produced a travelogue that was also an analysis of “eternal Russia.” … [Read more...] about The People’s Authoritarian – How Russian Society Created Putin

Eritrea and Ethiopia have made peace. How it happened and what next

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Martin Plaut | July 10, 2018 | The Conversation This week Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed visited neighbouring Eritrea, to be greeted by President Isaias Afwerki. The vast crowds that thronged the normally quiet streets of Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, were simply overjoyed. They sang and they danced as Abiy’s car drove past. Few believed they would ever see such an … [Read more...] about Eritrea and Ethiopia have made peace. How it happened and what next