Category: Miscellaneous

• A snippet of U.S. elections from abroad… and other stuff

  September 26, 2012

  Miscellaneous

  Dear Readers, I sincerely apologize for having abandoned you for much of the month of September. When last I wrote, I was starting my transit from South Sudan with a brief layover in Kenya, a week of reintegration into DC life, and a week of transition from my current position into a new, albeit temporary Read.

• Reflections of an Africa specialist trapped in the Beltway

  July 13, 2012

  Miscellaneous, U.S. Africa Strategy

  On my About Me page, I alluded to the possibility of writing about my experience traveling in Africa – to add an entertaining counterweight to my more analytical rants and musings on the events unfolding on the continent. The following is actually a non-analytical rant/musing on my current case of writer’s block and my exile to the Beltway, Read.