
A newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.
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In the past week or so, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has made some shifts in sanctions and threats of sanctions, both in the geographical zone this newsletter covers and outside it (notably in Cuba). Mostly, the shift i...
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An IMF staff team is visiting Senegal from August 19-September 1. Seneweb’s Youssouf Sane discusses the stakes and shape of the visit.
Jeune Afrique’s Marième Soumaré on th...
The journalist Graeme Wood, who has written extensively - albeit controversially and often problematically - about global jihadism and other subjects,1 has a long essay on al-Qaida in The Atlantic. The piece reflects on the twenty-fifth ann...
Last week’s links can be found here.
I have a new piece out in World Politics Review, titled “Islamists Worldwide Struggle to Find Their Footing Amid Repression and Movement Fatigue.” One section:
Across the world, Islamists...
Dr. Max Siollun is one of the most accomplished historians of Nigeria - in fact, I interviewed him here at the newsletter in July 2025, discussing the life and legacy of the late Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Siollun recently inv...
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I teach in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. I work on a range of topics connected to Islam and politics.
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