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This edition's featured story and table of the week spotlight Uganda while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

Biden has been a major proponent of a strategy he called “counterterrorism plus.” This approach emphasizes fighting terrorist networks in foreign countries using small groups of U.S. special forces and aggressive air strikes instead of large troop deployments. This strategy largely defined Obama’s policy in fighting jihadists and other militant groups around the world, including in Somalia, Libya and the Sahel.

FITI analyzed every Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Supplemental Statement filed in 2019 by firms working on behalf of clients in Japan. This report presents the findings of this analysis.

This edition's featured story explores how a Biden administration can put Africa at the center of its foreign policy and its table of the week details the results of a few 2020 African elections while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

A progressive international agenda needs to begin with a frank assessment of the present strategic culture and connect domestic and global progressive priorities. Global threats such as climate change and nuclear weapons have not been prioritized, while national treasure is squandered in endless wars. The national security necessity that Covid-19 be contained and eliminated provides a deadly reminder that in an interconnected world national action requires international coordination. An international policy that is effective for Americans needs to network progressive policy at home and abroad.

The undersigned grassroots and advocacy organizations representing millions of Americans from all walks of life and backgrounds write in support of Representative Joaquin Castro as the next Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC).

Over the past 10 years, from FY2010-FY2020, there has been a 50% increase in U.S. security assistance to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As tensions with China continue over maritime and territorial claims, the U.S. has looked to bolster allies in the region and form a bulwark against Beijing's regional ambitions.

This edition's featured story and table of the week focus on the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

In October 2020, peaceful Nigerian protestors faced violent crackdowns from the Muhammadu Buhari administration during nationwide protests. The #EndSARS movement seeks to end police brutality and bad governance in the country. The United States has provided security sector assistance (SSA) to the Nigerian military and police for many years. This issue brief looks at the trends in U.S. assistance to Nigeria since FY2001. CIP’s Security Assistance Monitor has provided the data which demonstrates the magnitude of the U.S. role.

This edition's featured story focuses on the nomination of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and its table of the week presents a timeline of policing throughout Nigeria's republics while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a graphic demonstrating civilian displacement in Nigeria, a list of upcoming events, and more.