The US government is seeking to impose progressive values on African nations despite those peoples having no interest in Western-style progressivism
Eric BordenkircherJuly 18, 2024
Moscow portrays itself as an alternative to the decadent West in Africa to gain support for its invasion of Ukraine
Antonio GraceffoSeptember 19, 2023
China-Africa relations is a case in point where Africa has become a prime testing ground for expanding the political outreach of the Communist Party of China.
Jianli YangJuly 30, 2021
At this moment, another genocide against Christians is silently unfolding in Nigeria.
Lela GilbertApril 21, 2020
Each African state faces its unique prospects and challenges heading into the new decade. Nevertheless, there are common themes and transnational trends we may expect to shape the continent in the new year and beyond.
James BarnettJanuary 13, 2020
The downward trend in foreign aid spending by the US government is not a function of the American people losing interest in foreign aid. After all, it has never been popular. More likely, it’s a function of presidents no longer defending foreign aid, explaining it, or connecting it to the national interest.
Alan DowdNovember 12, 2018
Important to Israel’s improved global standing is the ongoing global growth of pro-Israel Evangelicals, numbering in the hundreds of millions, whose influence could affect foreign policy in dozens of nations in the Global South.
Mark TooleyFebruary 12, 2018
To fight the twin plagues of instability and terrorism, America needs Africa to be healthier, freer, and more stable, and that means Africa needs more than just military equipment and military training from America.
Alan DowdDecember 12, 2017
War and hatred should never be conflated, but it is easy for the two to become one when fighting immoral adversaries, such as the Islamic State or the Axis Powers. In this article, originally published on December 14, 1942, Christianity and Crisis editor Henry Smith Leiper refers to the latter.
Christianity & Crisis MagazineNovember 30, 2017