By Fidel Amakye Owusu In an undergraduate political science seminar years ago, we studied a hierarchy that divided nations into categories: superpowers, great powers, strong states,...
French Influence in Africa continues waning, as its former colonies redefine their strategic partnerships toward Russia. Chadian authorities indicated that it would end a key defense...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 2022, Mali unilaterally withdrew from the G5 Sahel after the military alliance raised concerns about the country’s internal affairs. This decision...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When violent extremists swept across northern Mali in 2011 and 2012, the governments in Bamako and Niamey were particularly concerned. Something needed...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu After Osama bin Laden attacked the United States in 2001, it was clear that the organization he led, al-Qaeda, was the deadliest...
Freedom House, in its Freedom in the World 2023 report, states that democracy and governance declined around the world for the 17th consecutive year but that...
