Africa

Emerging at the end of the 20th century amid significant global controversy, private military firms (PMFs) represent a new facet of armed conflict.

High profile political violence among refugees in sub-Saharan Africa has focused the attention of scholars and policymakers on the overall security of refugee camps.

“When the destructiveness of war overtakes a society, peace is sometimes difficult…to imagine.” Nowhere in the world does this statement have more veracity than in the Great Lakes region of central A

The promise of “never again,” first made in the wake of the Holocaust, reached a new level of urgency as it became increasingly clear that the international community failed to prevent Rwanda’s 1994 g

David Shinn is an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs. He served for thirty-seven years in the U.S.

With much of the world's focus on the Middle East and other ‘hot spots,’ events in Africa are often left with little or no international attention.