U.S. Policy Toward Africa
The Africa Program is committed to charting new directions for U.S.-Africa policy, providing forward-thinking analysis that spurs new insights and policy recommendations for the region. We examine how shifts in the economic, political, and security landscape, as well as the region’s foreign partnerships inform U.S. policy
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Five Ways to Set Up a Special Envoy for Success in the Horn of Africa
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Colin Thomas-Jensen — February 9, 2021
Online Event: A New U.S. Policy Toward Africa: A Conversation with Chairman Gregory Meeks and African Activists
Event — February 1, 2021
What to Watch in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021
Commentary by Yemi Adamolekun, Lina Benabdallah, and Will Brown, Maria E. Burnett, Emilia Columbo, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Hilary Matfess, Rafiq Raji, Jon Temin, Laird Treiber, Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris, Kyle Murphy — January 12, 2021
Rediscovering America: Why African Leader Tours Benefit U.S. Foreign Policy
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Catherine Chiang — November 18, 2020
Learning from #EndSARS—A New U.S. Policy toward Nigeria
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Matthew T. Page — November 10, 2020
Trump Student Visa Plan Will Hurt Africa—and the United States
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Audrey Hruby — October 20, 2020
Online Event: A Conversation with Rep. Gregory Meeks on Africa Policy
Event — October 1, 2020
The Strategic Significance of Africa’s Smallest Democracies
Commentary by Judd Devermont — September 24, 2020
A New U.S. Policy Framework for the African Century
Brief by Judd Devermont — August 7, 2020
Preventing a Lost Decade for Africa’s Economies
Commentary by Ken Ofori-Atta — July 15, 2020