Wilson Center
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 07:50
The surprise ousting of Blaise Compaore in October 2014 is a testament to the power of political resistance and the democratic will. However, the coup represents only the early stages of a political transition whose outcomes depend largely on the actions of Burkina Faso’s military.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 00:00
The situation in Venezuela is different from Ukraine," Rousseff said, defending her government's posture
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 00:00
"As we look ahead, it is evident that what the Snowden disclosures have done, aside from creating a level of pause at one part of our relationship, has largely not affected this broader people-to-people and
society-to-society engagement."
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 00:00
International experts address the utility of comparing Colombia and Mexico’s experiences and strategy for combatting organized crime and violence more generally.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:14
Wilson Center's French translation of the week from La Jeune Afrique, on the violence engulfing the Central African Republic.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 10:12
Often lost in the whirl of stories about conflict or peacebuilding in Africa is the tragic situation that continues to unravel in the Central African Republic (CAR). There, the state has slid downhill for a decade into ineffectiveness and turmoil, so much so that today the CAR is arguably the continent’s leading failed state.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:59
Considered beneficial on Monday, the signature of a political agreement between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the ex-rebel movement M23 appears, today, highly unlikely.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 00:00
The NSA leaks, and Mexico's reactions to them, offer at least three points to ponder about U.S.-Mexico cooperation today, and how it could be better.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:38
With the completion of the Transitional Federal Government’s (TFG) term on August 20, 2012, the Somalia Federal Government (SFG) was established on the basis of the enacted Provisional Constitution. The new Lower House of the parliament, whose members are nominated by their clan leaders, elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as its President.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:30
According to a report presented in Bogota by the Police Community of Latin America (Ameripol) and the European Union, in the last decade, West Africa has been established as a new route for Europe-bound cocaine produced in Latin America. Due to its proximity to the African coast, Spain has become a key zone of entry for drugs consumed in Europe. The report called Africa an emerging drug “warehouse”.