Is COVID-19 “Shrinking” the State?
By Juan Tellez Much has been written lately about the potential for COVID-19 to instigate or exacerbate political…
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African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Economic Consequences
By guest contributors Austin Doctor and Stephen Bagwell The weeks leading up to Cameroon’s February 2020 parliamentary and…
Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
DispatchEveryday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic
By Allard Duursma Imagine this: You are a farmer in northwest Central African Republic. In 2013, several of…
Good Reads
By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Jessica Maves Braithwaite It’s the new year, and like the rest…
The Promise and Perils of Postwar Cities
Guest post by Kristine Höglund, Emma Elfversson, and Ivan Gusic More than half of the global population lives…
Is Violent Democracy the New Norm? The View from Ghana
Guest post by Patrick Pierson This November, Ghanaians go to the polls for a third consecutive showdown between…
Abiy Ahmed Ali, The Nobel Prize, and the Future of Global Democracy
By Timothy Sisk Today, 43-year old Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace…
Countering Corruption: What to Do When Citizens Vote for Political Malfeasance
Guest post by Patrick Pierson. It’s been a long couple of months in Durban, South Africa. On May…