Smoke rises from the Westgate shopping centre after explosions at the mall in Nairobi (REUTERS/Noor Khamis).

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Massacre in Nairobi: Kenya Under Siege as al-Shabab Consolidates

September 23, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi Kimenyi calls for international cooperation on fighting al-Shabab and terrorism in Africa following the terrorist group's massacre of over 60 people at an Kenyan mall.

  • Interview | PBS Newshour

    Navalny Case Offers 'Chilling Effect' for Russians Considering Political Action

    July 18, 2013, Fiona Hill

  • In the News

    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
  • Interview | Journal of International Affairs

    Transnational Organized Crime: Whither Antidrug Policy?

    Fall/Winter 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

  • In the News

    In the aftermath of Citizens United, little of the regulatory structure erected after Watergate remains. As a result, an unending quest for campaign dollars has become a permanent feature of our political culture.

    June 13, 2012, Anthony Corrado, New York Times
  • In the News

    How could the system let someone like…[Bo Xilai] emerge? As people find corruption is out of control, the very legitimacy of China’s Communist Party is in jeopardy.

    May 1, 2012, Cheng Li, Bloomberg Businessweek
  • In the News

    Africans must focus on building strong institutions to deal with human rights violations ourselves, else we should not claim to be independent and instead should let others define and enforce the rules.

    April 26, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku, The Guardian
  • In the News

    If this [the firing of Bo Xilai] didn't happen, there could have been a bigger crisis. Bo Xilai may have used the military for his purpose. He may have turned the system upside down in a radical way. He may have launched a very nationalistic movement.

    April 23, 2012, Cheng Li, CNN
  • Interview | PBS Frontline

    Why Eradication Won’t Solve Afghanistan’s Poppy Problem

    January 3, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

  • Interview | WBEZ 91.5

    Nigeria's Potential and Political Failures

    October 31, 2011, Richard Joseph

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