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From Opacity to Complexity: The resilience of the Algerian state

Luis Martinez and Rasmus Alenius Boserup, editors of Algeria Modern, explain how the Algerian state has weathered the Arab Spring and domestic unrest.

Europe’s Porous Borders: Leonidas Cheliotis and the logic of ‘punitive inclusion’

A new study suggests that European governments may have deliberately allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to cross their borders to provide a source of cheap labour.

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Is Natural Resource-Based Development Still Realistic for Africa?

In a world of low oil prices, local content can make petro-development more realistic for African oil and gas producers, not less.

Why we simply ‘walk away’ from the victims of collateral damage

Collateral damage is neither actively sanctioned nor a war crime, and this uncertainty means the perpetrators hold no responsibility to the victims.

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How can we hold the UN accountable for sexual violence?

UN peacekeeping forces continue to have a squalid record of sexual abuse – Rosa Freedman asks how they can be held accountable amidst a culture of impunity.

Paris, refugees, and Europe’s hard borders

Fortress Europe opened its gates last summer. The tragedy in Paris has threatened to slam them shut again.

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Buhari and the Bulldozer get to grips with graft: combatting corruption in Nigeria and Tanzania

Though Africa saw thirteen national elections in 2015, only two countries, Nigeria and Tanzania, saw a change at the top. The new presidents have targeted corruption with encouraging results, explains Keith Somerville.

Crisis and confusion in Helmand

The British SAS have returned to Sangin district in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, ostensibly to tackle a resurgent Taliban offensive. Local dynamics belie this simplistic analysis, as Mike Martin explains.

Wahhabi religious nationalism turns ugly

Wahhabi Islam has replaced national identity with a doctrine that encourages intolerance and terrorism, explains Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Exterior of the Bataclan theatre the day after the attacks

After France, Europe Responds to ISIS: Interview with Jean-Pierre Filiu

In the wake of the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, Jean-Pierre Filiu is interviewed on ISIS and the European response. Interviewer: Zachary Laub, Online Writer/Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations.