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Humanitarian Aid in Sahelian Cities: Lessons for Long-Term Food Security
January 21, 2021 | Caitlin Welsh Humanitarian aid agencies are adapting to urbanization, targeting city residents as direct beneficiaries. With urban food insecurity soaring, long-term food security programs should also target city residents—or see further setbacks against Sustainable Development Goal 2.

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Covid Hasn’t Crushed the Middle East . . . Yet
November 18, 2020 | Jon B. Alterman Dr. Jon B. Alterman discusses the heavy impact of Covid-19 across the MENA region and the threat of the second wave.

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Peril in the Desert: Irregular Migration through the Sahel
October 21, 2020 | Erol Yayboke Recent efforts to address irregular migration through the Sahel have changed flows, not stopped them. As a result, migrants are at greater risk while the networks of illicit actors that move them grow stronger. A better approach that goes beyond hard security is needed.

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Sudan at a Crossroads: A Humanitarian Opening?
August 5, 2020 | Jacob Kurtzer A year into Sudan’s political transition, humanitarian agencies continue to struggle with delivering assistance to people in need. Jacob Kurtzer and Nadia Schaaphok analyze new challenges presented by Covid-19 and the political dynamics complicating aid operations.

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Egypt's Sisi Risks a Quagmire in Libya — and That's not in the US's Best Interest
June 24, 2020 | Jon B. Alterman Dr. Jon B. Alterman discusses President Sisi's threatened intervention of Libya, and the myriad consequences that could follow such action.

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Moscow’s Next Front: Russia’s Expanding Military Footprint in Libya
June 17, 2020 | Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. Libya has emerged as Russia’s latest expeditionary front and deployment area for private military companies, including Wagner Group. Recent battlefield operations are revealing the strengths and weaknesses of Moscow’s evolving proxy warfare strategy.

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Challenging Authority in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
January 22, 2020 | Will Todman CSIS’s Will Todman examines the role of Tunisian youth in challenging authority figures following the 2011 uprising.

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There Is More Than Sporting Pride at Stake in the Africa Cup of Nations
June 20, 2019 | Judd Devermont As the 2019 African Cup of Nations kicks-off, the CSIS Africa Program hosted a conversation with academics, political analysts, and sports journalists on the political dynamics of the continent’s most important soccer tournament.

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A New Arab Spring?
April 15, 2019 | Jon B. Alterman

It is unlikely that Algeria and Sudan are the harbingers of a new set of Arab uprisings sweeping the region, but they are a reminder that seeds of future uprisings have already been planted.

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U.S. National Security and Defense Goals in Africa: A Curious Disconnect
February 13, 2018 Straining to compete with China economically, while limiting security-related engagements to terrorist groups, is likely to cede the strategically important elements of Africa’s future to the very state adversaries both the NSS and NDS seek to dominate.

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Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen: Once Again, Is Half a Strategy Better than None?
September 11, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

The United States seems to be adjusting the military half of its strategy in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan to the point where it can be successful. The estimates of the overall patterns in global terrorism in the semi-official START data base continue to rise, but the U.S....


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Middle East Notes and Comment: Convergence and Conflict
March 20, 2017 | Jon B. Alterman We are witnessing a particularly dynamic moment as the region grapples with three wrenching simultaneous disruptions: a set of daunting internal challenges; a set of formidable external challenges; and a profound crisis of confidence, brought on by the uprisings and revolutions...

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