INFOGRAPHIC: Obama Foreign Policy Strewn with “Bumps in the Road”
In an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Obama referred to the problematic relations with Middle Eastern governments as “bumps in the road.” These… Read More
Articles by Morgan Lorraine Roach
Mali: Putting Libya in Perspective
The murder of America’s ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three U.S. diplomats shines a gruesome light on the region’s power vacuum and the attempt… Read More
Somalia: New President, Same Challenges
Yesterday, Somalia’s newly appointed parliament voted Hassan Sheikh Mohamud into office as the country’s new president. A political amateur and academic from central Somalia, Mohamud… Read More
South African Government Using Mining Industry as a Scapegoat for Shootings
The South African government has responded poorly to the shootings at the Lonmin mines. Instead of considering its own regulatory policies and the burdensome influence… Read More
A Somali Maritime Force? Think Again
Earlier this week, Somalia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Abdiweli Mohamed Ali announced that his government seeks to establish a marine task force to stop… Read More
Syrian Crisis Emboldens Kurds, Is Problematic for Turkey
Turkish fears of an emboldened Kurdish population in Syria are rising. Since the Syrian uprising began in February 2011, Syria’s Kurdish population has taken advantage… Read More
State Department Still Balking on Calling Out Terrorists in Nigeria
There is some confusion in Foggy Bottom as to how the United States ought to define Boko Haram, an Islamic militant group based in northern… Read More
Syria Crisis: Turkey Invokes Article 4 of NATO Charter
Last weekend, hostilities between Turkey and Syria escalated after a Syrian anti-aircraft gun struck down a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet that was allegedly flying in… Read More
Somalia: Terrorism Is a Symptom of State Failure
The African Union’s mission to Somalia (AMISOM) is having marginal success in pushing the terrorist organization al-Shabaab out of its occupied territory. Al-Shabaab militants have… Read More
Turkey Seeks to Set an Example in Somalia
Without a government for over two decades, Somalia is the model of a failed state. It is torn apart by civil war and plagued by… Read More
