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New Atlanticist

Apr 20, 2016

South Sudan: Paging Dr. Riek

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Vice President’s absence from Juba speaks to a lack of trust in President Salva Kiir, says Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham Riek Machar’s failure to return to Juba this week to take up his duties as Vice President of South Sudan has been met with statements of dismay from the international community, but his no-show […]

Africa
East Africa

Issue Brief

Apr 14, 2016

Embracing Impact: How Africa Can Overcome the Emerging Market Downturn

By J. Peter Pham and Aubrey Hruby

In January 2016, oil prices fell to their lowest levels in more than a decade. Meanwhile, China, the world’s second-largest economy, is experiencing its most sluggish growth in a quarter-century—dragging down commodity prices and dampening the global economic outlook. The effects of this broad slowdown will hurt African economies more than most, because China and […]

Africa
Angola

In the News

Apr 14, 2016

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss Diplomatic Relations Between China, Taiwan, and Kenya

By Jamie Metzl

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China
East Africa

In the News

Mar 30, 2016

Pham Quoted by World Magazine on Famine and Conflict in South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

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East Africa

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2016

South Sudan: ‘A Problem Child’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Years of conflict, a dysfunctional government, and the international community’s failure to impose tough and meaningful sanctions have contributed to the crippling food insecurity that has caused tens of thousands of people to flee South Sudan, according to the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. “No rational farmer anywhere in the world is going to plant […]

East Africa
Sudan

Event Recap

Mar 23, 2016

Roundtable Discussion with the Foreign Minister of Somalia

By Africa Center

 On Wednesday, March 23, the Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with His Excellency Dr. Abdusalam H. Omer, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Somalia

In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Hruby Joins CNBC Africa to Discuss Investment in East Africa

By Aubrey Hruby

East Africa

In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Hruby Joins CNBC Africa to Discuss Investment in African Businesses

By Aubrey Hruby

East Africa

In the News

Mar 17, 2016

Pham Joins Center for Security Policy Podcast to Discuss al Shabaab in Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

Listen to the full interview here.

North & West Africa
Somalia

In the News

Mar 14, 2016

Pham Quoted by La Stampa on al Qaeda Jihadists, Boko Haram, and al Shabab

By J. Peter Pham

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North & West Africa
Somalia

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