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Protesters in Khartoum celebrate the ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
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Mediation helps start a fragile transition in Sudan
Teresa Nogueira Pinto
Teresa Nogueira Pinto

The fall of President Omar al-Bashir in Sudan can be seen as the demise of just another African strongman. Yet in a large state divided along complex ethnic, religious and political lines, his personalized tyranny made political stability possible. Now that is gone and an internationally mediated transition agreement is in place. Yet tensions between the civilian opposition, the military and various regional players suggest that the road ahead may not lead to democracy.

April, 2019: Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shakes hands with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent
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Shifting power in Central Asia

For over a century, Central Asian countries have been considered theaters for great power competition, not players on the geopolitical chessboard in their own right. That may be about to change, as these nations begin to resolve their many differences and cooperate to pool their strength. They have much to ...
Long-time Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Kazakhstan: A seamless succession?

Nursultan Nazarbayev ruled Kazakhstan in patriarchal fashion since 1990 and is widely regarded as one of the ablest politicians in the post-Soviet sphere, winning respect even from his powerful neighbor, Vladimir Putin. Now that the moment has come to hand over presidential power, it appears that he has prepared with ...
 Dr. Pawel Kowal
Dr. Pawel Kowal
Russian military parade in Moscow’s Red Square, May 2018
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Opinion: What kind of Russian meddling?

Russian “meddling” in other countries is so much a part of our political discourse that it has become fodder for jokes. But what is behind this interference, and who is doing the interfering? Visions of a centralized command center in the Kremlin ignore the freestyle nature of Russian politics in ...
 Dr. Svyatoslav Kaspe
Dr. Svyatoslav Kaspe
Overhead view of street protest in Algiers, March 2019
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A new wave of unrest in North Africa

Street demonstrations have forced Algeria’s president to resign and Sudan’s to declare a year-long state of emergency. In both countries, these popular revolts are challenging entrenched regimes that successfully weathered the Arab Spring protests of 2011. Can this unexpected coda to the revolutions that opened an unhappy decade in the ...
 Ambassador Zvi Mazel
Ambassador Zvi Mazel
Street protest in Algeria’s capital, March 22
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Opinion: An Algerian spring?

Algerians realize they have a historic opportunity to remove the country’s ruling coterie. Yet as the protest movement grows and the momentum for regime change builds, there is reason to worry about what the people are hoping for.
 Dr. Emmanuel Martin
Dr. Emmanuel Martin

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