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Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

Era of Big Oil Secrecy is Over

April 24, 2013, Daniel Kaufmann

Still Knee-Deep In Poppy: The Evolution of Counter-Narcotics Policies in Afghanistan

March 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report IV: Wildlife Trafficking, Illegal Fishing, and Lessons from Anti-Piracy Efforts

March 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Focused Deterrence, Selective Targeting, Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime: Concepts and Practicalities

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Countering Corruption: 2012 Conference Report from the World Forum on Governance

March 4, 2013, Stephen M. Davis, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

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Crisis in Mali and North Africa: Past and Present

February 21, 2013

Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy against Organized Crime

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report III – The Orangutan’s Road: Illegal Logging and Mining in Indonesia

February 7, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report II – Bali High, Rainforest Low: The Illicit Drug Trade in Indonesia

February 6, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

South Sudan: Searching for a Credible Development Path

February 4, 2013, John Mukum Mbaku

The rioting in Ismayilli -- as the rioting in Guba last year -- is an indication of popular concern about continuing human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan… It is similar to incidents in China where local abuses and corruption have led to similar riots.

January 26, 2013, Richard D. Kauzlarich, Contact.az

China in Revolution and War

January 17, 2013, Cheng Li

Top Priorities for Africa in 2013

January 9, 2013

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Key Perspectives on Africa’s Development in 2012

January 8, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Putin's Artful Jurisprudence

January 2, 2013, William Partlett

Ukraine: Digging in Deeper on Tymoshenko

December 20, 2012, Steven Pifer

Discordant Development and Insecurity in Africa

January 2013, Richard Joseph

Transnational Organized Crime: Whither Antidrug Policy?

Fall/Winter 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Rethinking the Fight Against Corruption

November 29, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Let the People Die but the Minerals Flow"

November 26, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

From Bad Cop to Good Cop: The Challenge of Security Sector Reform in Egypt

November 19, 2012, Omar Ashour

Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa

November 15, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown and James J.F. Forest

The Problem of Political Transitions in Africa: The Cameroon Question

October 9, 2012, Julius Agbor and John Mukum Mbaku

An Alternative to Norquist’s Tax Pledge

October 9, 2012, Philip A. Wallach