A newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.
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Israel’s Elections: A Look Three Weeks Out
Israel is heading for parliamentary elections on October 27, the first since the Hamas attack of 2023. Prime Minister Netanyahu could well fall, but the next government’s domestic and foreign policy may not be that different from the curren...
West Africa, Horn, MENA: Links for 10/2/2026
Last week’s links are here.
General
Adam Baczko and Gilles Dorronsoro in Le Monde:
In a theater where states are unitary actors who defend the self-evident national interest, societies are reduced to scenery, and military power becom...
The Iran War and Illusions About the NSC
I’ve been reflecting on a piece in Foreign Policy that offers an “autopsy” of the Iran War. The authors, Ariane Tabatabai and Julia Curlee, have formidable credentials that are listed at the link. But I find their depictions of the United S...
Notes on Morocco’s Legislative Election Results
Morocco held legislative elections on September 23. The observers who predicted a reshuffling of the governing coalition, rather than an opposition victory, were proven correct (see my post here, which links to some of those predictions). T...
West Africa, Horn, MENA: Links for 9/25/2026
Last week’s links are here.
Sahel and West Africa
Fethi Sahraoui in The Continent: “Beyond the Spectacle of Mauritania’s Iron Train.”
RFI and France24 interviewed Senegalese President Diomaye Faye.
Fanny Pigeaud in AfriqueXXI on the i...
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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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