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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Should the U.S. be training and equipping African armies? The logic of security assistance and its discontents
This month, I wrote a short piece on U.S. security assistance in Africa that was published as the “featured analysis” in the August 2014 issue of the “Africa Conflict Monthly Monitor,” compiled and edited by Consultancy Africa Intelligence. CAI has … Continue reading
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