2015 and 2016 saw a bumper crop of UN peace architecture reform proposals. These included three blockbuster reviews of UN…
Book Review, UN Peacekeeping in Africa
Book Reviews
Book Review: The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters, while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the Sahara
The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters, while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the…
Review of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun offers a heart-wrenching account of the Biafran War (1967-1970), beautifully wrapped in…
The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can’t Coexist, by Dani Rodrik
As the world continues to experience the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, new and…
Peacebuilding in the African Union: Law, Philosophy and Practice, by Abou Jeng
Despite its encounters with the international community in the past five centuries, Africa’s socioeconomic, legal, and political development remains a…
I Did It to Save My Life: Love and Survival in Sierra Leone, by Catherine E. Bolten
Sierra Leone’s was a complicated war. One of the first post-Cold War conflicts, and seemingly one of the more intractable…
Achebe’s Acts of Memory
The brouhaha over Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, as throngs who hadn’t read the…