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Oil, Thieves, and South Sudan

Oil, Thieves, and South Sudan

Thomas C. Mountain  South Sudan’s leaders have stolen at least $10 billion in oil revenues shared with them by Sudan in the past 7 years. With somewhere between $12 to $17 billion turned over to South [...]

Libya’s Next Struggle – with NATO and the West

Libya’s Next Struggle – with NATO and the West

At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganized and leaderless rebel fighters seemed to have [...]