President of Rwanda Paul Kagame speaks at the World Economic Forum in 2009. (Eric Miller WEF)
Assassination in Africa: Inside the plots to kill Rwanda’s dissidents
The Globe and Mail
By Geoffrey York and Judi Rever
Geoffrey York and Judi Rever report the shocking allegations being leveled against Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Internationally praised for his role in ending the Rwandan genocide, Kagame is now being accused of using assassins to silence dissidents.
Ukraine: The Phony War?
The New York Review of Books
By Tim Judah
Tim Judah travels to Ukraine and speaks to the locals living through one of the most turbulent moments in the region’s history.
Portrait of the Army as a Work in Progress
Foreign Policy
By Rosa Brooks
Rosa Brooks examines General Odierno’s new contradictory, ambiguous and possibly brilliant plan to transform the Army.
Hell is an Understatement
The New Republic
By Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood’s account of intensifying violence between Christians and Muslims in the Central African Republic is both extremely gripping and deeply disturbing.
The Big Snoop
Brookings Essay
By Stuart Taylor, Jr.
In this thorough and fascinating essay, Stuart Taylor retraces the origins of U.S. cybersurveillance and dissects its legal foundations.
Blogs:
The Political Economy of Oil Income in Iran by Saeed Ghasseminejad
Candid Discussions: Eric Margolis on the End of NATO Mission in Afghanistan by Reza Akhlagi
The making of American foreign policy in the post-9/11 world by Maxime H.A. Larive
Apathy on the Negotiated Two-State Solution by Justin Scott Finkelstein
Daniel Chiu on the Pentagon’s newest challenges with Sarwar Kashmeri
