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Markets in Violence: Russia, Africa, and the Wagner Group

Tanner Kimpel June 26, 2025

Africa Armed violence Central African Republic Libya Mali Political Marketplace Russia Violence Wagner Group

Russia in Africa: Embedded Markets in Violence

Tanner Kimpel June 26, 2025

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Three colored bins for election in Nigeria labeled "House of Representatives", "Senatorial" and "Presidential"

Dealmaking Politics: When Corruption is About More than Getting Rich

Jared D. Miller April 14, 2025

Corruption Elections Iraq kleptocracy Nigeria Political Marketplace Sudan Violence

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Policy Acceptance and Scholarly Reluctance

Aditya Sarkar April 11, 2025

DRC Political Finance Political Marketplace Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria

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A globe with coins falling on top of it. The coins are scattered all over the globe, creating a sense of chaos and disorder.

Transactional Politics: Theorizing practice, from Africa and the Middle East to the global stage

Alex de Waal April 9, 2025

Africa Capitalism kleptocracy Middle East Political Finance Political Marketplace Populism Red Sea Trump US

The Story of Ethiopian Governance: From a Centralized Public Service Monopoly to ‘Big Man’ Politics

Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe March 11, 2025

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photo of Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed at podium

Ethiopia: How it succumbed to ‘big man’ rule

Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe February 26, 2025

Africa Amhara EPRDF Ethiopia Governance Horn of Africa Oromo Political Marketplace

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curve of globe focused on the Horn of Africa with sudan highlighted in red

Pathways to Peace in Sudan: November 2024

Alex de Waal November 13, 2024

Africa African Union Middle East Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo Political Marketplace Rapid Support Forces Red Sea Sudan

The price of politics: What the 2020 oil shocks in Nigeria teach us about transactional political...

Jared D. Miller October 15, 2024

New climate dis-economies: The political economy of energy transitions in fragile fossil fuel producers

Tarun Gopalakrishnan October 15, 2024

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