Joshua Meservey
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 05:55
Unless Obama quickly reverses the shrinking of the U.S. military, his Africa strategy will founder, with serious repercussions for U.S. national security.
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 06:55
Terrorism in Kenya is a real and deadly threat. The country launched an operation in Somalia to clear out the militants and secure its eastern border. Since then, al Shabaab has retaliated by brutally attacking Kenyan civilians.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 08:06
The tens of millions of dollars in aid the United States gives Uganda every year has recently bought it precious little influence with the East African country's president, Yoweri Museveni. His February signing of the draconian anti-gay bill was an explicit rebuff of U.S. pressure; National Security Advisor Susan Rice had urged him "at length" not to sign the bill, and President Obama warned that the bill would "complicate" the bilateral relationship.