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In Africa, Russia is playing the West like a fiddle
Putin is the proverbial small man who casts a large shadow
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Making sense of the coup in Gabon
Similarities and differences from the Sahelian coups
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How Ghana escaped the coup trap
Lessons in political development
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On America's structural inability to effectively compete with China in Africa
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A Dying Françafrique?
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Three Billion Africans
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Natural resources and economic (under)development in Africa
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Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective
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The United States should decouple it’s West Africa policy from France
Association with France’s colonial history and neocolonial policies are likely to handicap Washington throughout Africa in the medium to long term
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Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective
Thoughts on state-building, democracy, and geopolitics
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Understanding the economic foundations of ongoing protests in Kenya
Popular discontent, intra-elite distributive politics, and possible ways forward
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Reckoning with Guinea-Bissau’s enduring political and economic stagnation
Lessons on postcolonial political decay in African states
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What exactly is South Africa getting from its diplomatic dalliance with Russia and other BRICS states?
On Pretoria's seemingly rudderless foreign policy posture in Africa and beyond
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Is `Global Development' dead?
The case for optimism on the possibilities for economic expansion and continued improvements in human welfare
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An illustration of the high cost of low state (fiscal) capacity in Liberia
Reactions to a statement from the US Ambassador to Liberia
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