Charlotte Florance writes on foreign policy for The Daily Signal. She previously was a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation studying U.S. policy toward Africa and the Middle East. Read her research.
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President Obama announced today additional efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Ebola crisis has been ongoing for more than six months. … Read More
InternationalCommentary
Boko Haram, the terrorist group operating in north-eastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon that drew headlines this spring after kidnapping over 250 female students, aligned itself… Read More
SecurityCommentary
ISIS is not just the terror group de jour. They are a hugely successful movement with an apocalyptic, nihilistic philosophy. When they say “convert, join… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and while many argue representative democracy is simply not possible in a region plagued by strongman politics, manipulated economic… Read More
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The first U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit concluded this week. President Obama has, quite expectedly, characterized it as “an extraordinary event, an extraordinary summit.” The three-day summit… Read More
InternationalCommentary
African leaders and citizens had great expectations in 2008 that the election of President Barack Obama would elevate the prominence of Africa and its concerns… Read More
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This latest outbreak of the Ebola virus is getting a great deal of attention, as it should. Here are some questions that need to be… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (known as Dodd-Frank) is not just damaging the U.S. economy through excessive and ill-designed regulations. It’s also… Read More
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While the #BringBackOurGirls campaign brought international media attention to the plight of more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, very little… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After years of disconnected and uncoordinated counterterrorism efforts in West Africa and the Sahel, recent attacks by Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,… Read More
