Africa

Militant groups recruit where predatory governments alienate youth, exclude vulnerable groups, and rule with violent impunity.

As security-heavy tactics fail, a more localized strategy is needed to focus on socio-economic and political grievances that fuel extremism.

What the empirics say about how States and non-State actors actually behave on the battlefield and under what conditions their compliance with humanitarian law changes.

Recent escalation of violence in eastern DRC has already displaced over 150,000 civilians and killed at least 23.

With partners, Washington can affect the calculus of local players and set an example of standing with local pro-democracy actors.

Current reporting mechanisms are opaque and not user-friendly for civilians seeking to use them in conflict-prone areas.

Deferring to local laws to determine the bounds of free speech on Twitter - and Musk has suggested doing - would jeopardize hard-won democratic freedoms in Africa.

Two UN votes and the energy security-sanctions squeeze exemplify the failed approach to significant players on the international stage.

Better yet, here's also the information that the witnesses themselves should proactively convey to the American public and Congress.

After mass nonviolent protests, look out for arrests of opponents, prison releases of Islamists, and actions by a key paramilitary unit.

Key indicators to measure the prospect for democracy to survive the current crisis — from scale of street protests to army's withstanding defections to specific words chosen…

Russia's block on a recent human rights meeting is part of a pattern of authoritarian powers rending the fabric of rules-based institutions.