PUBLICATIONS

In the wake of former South African President Jacob Zuma's conviction, this week's US-Africa Policy Monitor examines the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in Africa.

In response to the unfolding of a multi-year political crisis and multiple coups in Mali, this Situation Tracker examines the complex background of the issue, the key actors involved, how the international community is responding, and what lies ahead for Mali.

Read this week's USAPM for a close look at the latest developments on the issues surrounding Ethiopia's recent election, the implications of Ethiopia’s vote, and the international community’s reactions.

This brief aims to add to the discourse by, for the first time, studying how foreign influence and lobbying activities have interplayed with the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this brief aims to conduct a preliminary survey of how the scale of these activities have been affected by the pandemic and how substantive issues around the pandemic have become the subject, object, or channel of foreign influence activities. By doing so, this brief aims to throw light on how the pandemic has interplayed with important themes around public health, global inequality, as well as the practice of lobbying and influence bartering. It aims to serve as a foundation for future research around these themes.

This week's monitor from CIP's Africa Program digs into Russia's expanding presence in Africa, the current COVID situation in Africa, climate change, and more. Read it here to learn more!

This week's USAPM breaks down Nigeria’s Twitter ban and what could be “the silencing effect on Africa’s next generation of internet activism." Read to learn more.

Israel is the largest historical recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, totaling more than $146 billion since 1950, equivalent to $236 billion in 2018 dollars, the vast majority coming in the form of military aid. But in the wake of Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza that killed over 243 Palestinians, including 63 children, and wrought untold physical damage on the densely populated enclave, advocates and lawmakers are raising questions about the wisdom and risks of the current U.S. security partnership with Israel, including the ways in which the partnership contravenes traditional norms, regulations, and statutes governing U.S. arms sales and security sector assistance.

This brief summarizes the exceptional elements of the Israeli military partnership with
Washington that pose unique challenges to oversight, accountability, and civilian protection.

This week's U.S. Africa Policy Monitor digs into how and why many European countries are now trying to make amends for colonial-era harms, the rising threat of a third COVID wave, and more. Read to learn more!

In light of President Biden’s announcement of a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by
September 11 of this year, this report offers several lessons learned, including committing
to a longer-term vision for security assistance in future endeavors. This is a conversation
and goal that U.S. and international planners should have prioritized from the very first days
in Afghanistan. There is no way to turn back the clock to reverse the mistakes of the last
20 years, but if some lessons can be gained from these efforts and the sacrifices that have
been made, then future similar efforts, if they must be made at all, will at least have a better
roadmap for what may lie ahead.

This week's monitor focuses on France's influence in Africa. “France will need to undertake structural and ideological changes in its approach if it wants to retain and strengthen its relations with its African partners on new and equitable grounds.” Learn more in this week’s USAPM.