Category: Terrorism

• Fostering Democracy, Good Governance, and Human Rights in Africa Through Security Sector Assistance

  July 17, 2014

  AFRICOM, Human Rights, Peacekeeping Operations, Security Cooperation, Terrorism, U.S. Africa Strategy

  Yesterday, I presented on a National Endowment for Democracy panel on “Fostering Democracy, Good Governance, and Human Rights in Africa Through Security Sector Assistance.” Video of the event can be found here and links to the papers we presented are below: Christopher Holshek from the Alliance for Peacebuilding presented on Mali’s Teachable Moment: The Primacy of Civil Authority in Read.

• Security Challenges in Libya and the Sahel (CNA Workshop Report)

  December 19, 2012

  AQIM, Arab Spring, Libya, Mali, MNLA, North Africa, Terrorism, Tuareg

  Over the past two years, the world has witnessed a redrawing of the geopolitical map of the Middle East and North Africa. The responsibility for regional security and stability – which Western governments once relied on the area’s authoritarian regimes to ensure – now falls to the transitional or newly elected governments that replaced the Read.

• In near term, containment may be the name of the game in Mali

  December 12, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, Somalia, Terrorism, United Nations

  If you’re following the news on Mali, you’ve no doubt seen the most recent developments in the political crisis in Bamako in which the military junta “encouraged” or “facilitated” the resignation of PM Cheikh Modibo Diarra on Tuesday. (For thorough roundup of analyses and reactions to this incident, I would refer you here). Two months ago, Read.

• Calls Continue for Military Intervention in Mali

  July 7, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, MNLA, Terrorism, Tuareg

  In June, the African Union (AU) Peace & Security Council called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to endorse the deployment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Standby Force to ensure the security of the transitional institutions; restructure and reorganize the Malian security and defense forces; and restore State authority over Read.

• Kenya: Moi Ave blast marks tactical shift for terrorists

  May 29, 2012

  Kenya, Terrorism

  Monday afternoon, there was an explosion on Moi Avenue in downtown Nairobi. Initially, Kenyan authorities suspected that the cause of this explosion was either an act of terrorism or was caused by an electrical fault. However, it now appears that the incident is being investigated as an act of terrorism – although as of yet, Read.