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Africa
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Africa
- Darfur - Zimbabwe

Africa

Africa's forever Wars - Gettleman, Jeffrey - Foreign Policy, March/April 2010, #178, pp73-36

Reflections on U.S. Policy in Africa 2001-2009
- Frazer, Jendayi E.
Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Winter 2010, v34, #1, pp95-107

Rethinking State-building in a Failed State
- Kaplan, Seth - Washington Quarterly, January 2010, v33, #1, pp81-97

African Conflicts and U.S. Diplomacy: Roles and Choices - Cooke, Jennifer G.; Downie, Richard - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), A Report of the CSIS Africa Program and the American Academy of Diplomacy, January 2010, online edition, 19p (PDF)

Navigating Troubled Waters: Somalia, Piracy, and Maritime Terrorism
Joyner, Christopher - Georgetown Journal of World Affairs, Summer/Fall 2009, v10, #2, pp83-91

Rape of the Congo - Hochschild, Adam - New York Review of Books, August 13, 2009, v56, #13, online edition

Blood in the Niger Delta - Burdin Asuni, Judith - United States Institute of Peace, August 11, 2009, online edition, 20p (pdf)

Stopping the Resource Wars in Africa - Veit, Peter - World Resource Institute, August 10, 2009, online edition

Radical Islam in East Africa
- Rabasa, Angel - Rand Corporation, February 9, 2009, 111p (PDF)

The Evangelical Roots of U.S. Africa Policy - Huliaras, Asteris - Survival, December 2008, v50, #6, pp161-182

African Dictatorships and Double Standards - Zunes, Stephen
Foreign Policy in Focus, July 1, 2008, online edition

Islam in Africa - Hassan, Hussein D. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, May 9, 2008, 6p

The Iraqization of Africa? Looking at AFRICOM from a South African Perspective - Esterhuyse, Abel - Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2008, v2, #1, pp111-130

U.S. AFRICAN COMMAND: A New Strategic Paradigm? - McFate, Sean
Military
Review, January/February 2008, v88, #1, pp10-21

Kenya: Breaking the Stalemate in Kenya - Barkan, Joel D. - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), January 8, 2007, online edition, 4p

Nigeria: Ending Unrest in the Niger Delta - International Crisis Group, Africa Report #135, December 7, 2007, online edition, 29p

Can UN Arms Embargoes in Africa Be Effective? - Vines, Alex- International Affairs, November 2007, v83, #6, pp1107–1121

Sudan: Africa Report, Nr. 130: A Strategy for Comprehensive Peace in Sudan
International Crisis Group, Crisis Group Africa Reports, July 26, 2007, #130, 27p

Exploring the U.S. Africa Command and a New Strategic Relationship with Africa - Frazer, Jendayi - Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa, August 1, 2007, online edition

Why Africa Will Succeed - Oppenheimer, Nicky - New African, July 2007, pp28-33

Fading Hope for Somalia Crisis - Cooke, Jennifer - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Commentary, June 4, 2006, online edition, 2p

Toward a Reform Agenda for the Niger Delta:  A Report of the Africa Program - Iannaccone, Alex - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Web posted April 19, 2007, online edition, 13p

Nigeria - Elections and Continuing Challenges - Rotberg, Robert I.
Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action, Special Report No. 27, April 2007, online edition, 53p

Blowing the Horn - Prendergast, John; Thomas-Jensen, Colin
Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007, v86, #2, pp59-74


War Making and State Making in Central Africa - Niemann, Michael
Africa Today, Spring 2007, v53, #3, pp21-39

West African Integration: A New Development Paradigm? Kaplan, Seth - Washington Quarterly; Autumn 2006, v29, #4, pp81-97

The Scramble for African Oil - Volman, Daniel - New African, Jul2006, #453, pp16-21

Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism & U.S. Policy
Dagne, Ted - Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Updated June 1, 2006, online edition, 18p

The Roots of African Corruption - Ellis, Stephen - Current History, May 2006, v105, #691, pp203-208

Mali: Mali’s Unlikely Democracy - Pringle, Robert - Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2006, pp31-39

Sudan: Last Stand in Sudan? - Cohen, Roberta & William G. O'Neill
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar/Apr 2006, v62, #2, pp51-58

Africa's Strategic Importance to the U.S. (Speech at Reed College on March 20, 2006) - Rice, Susan E.- Brooking Institution, March 20, 2006, online edition

Back to the Future for African Infrastructure? Why State-Ownership Is No More Promising the Second Time Around - Nellis, John - Center for Global Development, February 2006, Working Paper #84, 36p, online edition

More than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa
Lake, Anthony and Christine Todd Whitman, Task Force Co-Chairs - Council on Foreign Relations, Report of an Independent Task Force. December 4, 2005, 163p.

South Africa: Mbeki's South Africa. Herbst, Jeffrey. Foreign Affairs,November/December 2005, v84, # 6, pp93-105

Why the United States Should Robustly Support Pan-African Organizations - Crupi, Francis V. - Parameters, Winter 2005-2006, v35, #4, pp106-123

How to Rebuild Africa. Stephen Ellis. Foreign Affairs, Sep-Oct 2005, v84, #5, pp135-148

The United States and Africa: Shifting Geopolitics in an "Age of Terror" - Kraxberger, Brennan M. - Africa Today; Fall2005, Vol. 52, #1, pp47-68

Transforming Globalization and Security: Africa and America Post9/11
- Carmody, Padraig - Africa Today, Fall 2005, v52, #1, pp96-120

Corruption and Foreign Aid in Africa. Werlin, Herbert H. Orbis, Summer 2005, v49, #3, pp517-527

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa: Claims vs. Reality. Rice, Susan E. Brooking Institution, June 27, 2005, online edition

Development in Africa: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. Lancaster, Carol.
Current History, May 2005, #682, pp. 222-227

Africa's Democratization: A Work in Progress. Widner, Jennifer. Current History, May 2005, #682, pp216-221

Sovereignty Reconsidered. Lawson, Letitia, Rothchild, Donald. Current History, May 2005, #682, pp228-235

Darfur

Crisis in Darfur: Is There any Hope for Peace - Foerstel, Karin - CQ Global Researcher, September 2008, v2, #9, pp243-270

Beyond Darfur: Sudan's Slide Toward Civil War - Natsios, Andrew S. - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2008, v87, #3, pp77-93

The Real Roots of Darfur - Faris, Stephan - Atlantic Monthly, April 2007, v299 #3, pp67-69

The Answer to Darfur - Prendengast, John - Joint Initiative of the Center for American Progress & the internationalCrisis Group, March 2007, online edition, 21p

Darfur and Beyond: What is Needed to Prevent Mass Atrocities - Feinstein, Lee - Council on Foreign Relations Report no.22, January 2007, online edition, 62p


Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Electoral Violence - Bekoe, Dorina A. - United States Institute of Peace, July 10, 2008, online edition

Planning for Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe - Gavin, Michelle D. - Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action, Report, October 2007

Zimbabwe’s Meltdown: Anatomy of a Peacetime Economic Collapse
Moss, Todd - Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Summer 2007, v32, #2, pp133-148




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