From Sahel security recalibration to Iran war aftershocks, North Africa faces energy shocks, fiscal strain, and intensifying competition over influence.
State collapse, climate stress, and demographic pressures drive escalating violence and fragmentation across the Sahel, with mounting regional and global consequences
American attempts to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz are likely to exacerbate the current crisis. But a unilateral U.S. ceasefire would put pressure on Tehran to restore navigation on its own
From China’s expanding economic footprint across African markets to Libya’s evolving energy and geopolitical landscape, and intensifying strategic competition between Algeria and Morocco
As the war with Iran expands into a broader regional conflict, the Stimson Center's Environmental Security Program spoke with two leading experts on civilian infrastructure targeting in the Middle East to put last weekend's strikes in context
