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The Failure of the Failed States Index
Lede: The Fund for Peace’s Failed States Index (FSI) annually ranks the world's failed states. In response to the 2012 index, Lionel Beehner and Joseph Young argue that the ranking is biased,...
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Will Food Security be Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy?
Lede: President Obama's most recent undertaking, The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, ambitiously seeks to end food insecurity worldwide. Arthur B. Keys examines the potential of this...
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Can China’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Save Congo?
Lede: The Democratic Republic of Congo has trillions of dollars worth of untapped mineral wealth. With China investing billions, Nathan William Meyer explores what has to happen for the DRC to avoid...
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Who Owns the Earth? A Review of Fred Pearce's The Land Grabbers
Lede: As developers and resource-hungry investors flock to Africa, land rights take center stage. Fred Nelson distinguishes between "land acquisition" and "land grabbing" in a review of Fred Pearce's...
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Hidden Africa
Lede: Whatever the results of the presidential election, World Policy Journal Editor David A. Andelman argues that it will not change the naive American perception that Africa has nothing more to...
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African Design Concepts in Sustainable Development: A Political Salon with...
May 16, 2013 - 6:30pmLede: In this Political Salon, Namibia-based architect Juliet Kavishe discusses the challenges posed by rapid urbanization, climate change, resource management and energy access,...
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Sculpting Africa's Future
Lede: With the African Development Bank meeting this month, Scott B. MacDonald highlights the areas that it should focus on to sustain Africa's developmental gains over the past 10 years. These...
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The Big Question: What is the Best Way to Create Jobs?
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Insurgents and Identity: Why Nuance is Necessary
Lede: Africa's Islamic terror groups frequently get lumped together by the international media, obscuring the domestic political and economic dimensions. Edvin Arnby-Machata writes how these...
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Mo & Me: A Film Screening and Conversation
September 17, 2013 - 6:00pmLede: World Policy Institute and Fireside Research present a screening of the award winning feature length documentary film on renowned Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed ‘Mo’...
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Can Rags Create Riches? Used Clothing in Kenya
Lede: While Kenya's textile manufacturing sector has taken a serious hit in recent years, the sale of second-hand clothing has dramatically increased. Returning from her seventh trip to Kenya, Kate...
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The Imported Tradition of African Dictatorship
Lede: Examining the history of African rulership, George B.N. Ayittey argues that despotism and dictatorship historically did not exist in African politics. He contends that African states need to...
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Ebola: How Local Governments Can Respond
Lede: Ebola has already claimed more than 1,000 lives in West Africa, leaving local governments and NGOs scrambling for a permanent containment solution. Grant Olcott argues that with increased...
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The ENACTS Approach
10.2 million people in Ethiopia are considered food insecure due to the onset of drought in 2015. From Lesotho to the Sahel, African countries are grappling with the medium- and long-term impacts that...
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