Space Exploration and U.S. Competitiveness
U.S. space exploration inspired a generation of students and innovators, but NASA's role has diminished, and the number of global space competitors is growing.
Backgrounder by Steven J. Markovich and Andrew Chatzky Renewing America
More Trouble Between Nigeria's Shia Minority and the Police
The principal Shiite movement in Nigeria, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), "stormed" the National Assembly in Abuja on July 7. In the resulting melee, two people may have been killed and eight injured. As is so often the case, there are few details, with claims and counter-claims.
Wildlife Conservation in Africa, Outrage in the West, and Cecil the Lion
Four years ago, on July 2, 2015, a Minneapolis Dentists killed a well-known Lion, Cecil, in a Zimbabwe trophy hunt with a bow and arrow. Cecil was something of a star in the developed world.
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 29–July 5
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 29 to July 5, 2019.
No Time to Abandon Denuclearization
The United States should maintain a resolute policy aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.
The Intelligence Response Team: Nigeria's Solution to the Expanding Wave of Kidnappings
Nigeria is experiencing a wave of kidnappings that now affect the entire social spectrum.
Nigeria's Beekeeping Operation Predicted to Generate $10 Billion
Though Nigeria, is urbanizing rapidly, roughly half of the population lives in rural areas, mostly mired in poverty. On June 24, Segun Awolowo, director general of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, announced that honey and other beehive products could generate annually some $10 billion from local and international trade, aiding rural economies.
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 22–28
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 22 to 28, 2019.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa Program
Nigeria Security Tracker
The Council on Foreign Relations's Nigeria Security Tracker is an effort to catalog and map political violence based on a weekly survey of Nigerian and international press. The data presented includes violent incidents related to political, economic, and social grievances directed at the state or other affiliative groups (or conversely the state employing violence to respond to those incidents.)
Tracker by John Campbell Africa Program