The Regime Change America Got Right
May 2026
by Christopher Datta
Redesigning US Assistance to Africa in the Post-USAID Era
May 2026
by Mark G. Wentling
Diplomatic Clarity and the Western Sahara File: Lessons from US Envoys
May 2026
by Mohamed Elbaikam
Tough Love and the Diplomacy of Foreign Assistance
May 2024
by Mark G. Wentling
A New Face, But an Old Tactic: History Offers Clues on Stopping Russia’s African Advance
May 2024
by Herman J. Cohen
HIV, the Legacy of America’s Response, and Lessons for Future Outbreaks
November 2023
by Alisha Smith-Arthur
I Didn’t Join the French Foreign Legion, but It Helped Rescue Me in Chad
November 2023
by James R. Bullington
The Battles of Bangui
August 2023
by June Carter Perry
Mission Strategic Plans: A Neglected Developmental Tool
August 2023
By Mark G. Wentling
Doing More with Less, or a Stunt?
August 2023
by William Harrop
Coming to Grips with Poverty in Africa
May 2023
by Mark G. Wentling Reducing poverty has been at the heart of U.S. foreign assistance in dozens of low-income countries for more than a half-century. Despite U.S. foreign policy objectives, much work, and hundreds of billions of assistance dollars expended, … Read more
August 2022
August 2022
Commentary, Eyewitness, and books
America, You Better Believe That Africa Matters
May 2022
by Charles Ray
Democracy in Africa is Like a Flashlight without Batteries
May 2022
by Mark G. Wentling
Time to Rethink Development Assistance in the Sahel
May 2021
by Mark Wentling
Locally Employed Staff Are the Lifeblood of Cultural Diplomacy
May 2021
by Anne Barbaro
VOA – A Biased, Sentimental Recollection
February 2021
by Philip Brown
Redesigning U.S. Assistance to Africa in the Post-Pandemic Era
November 2020
by Mark Wentling