North Africa Weekly: October 8, 2025
From youth-led protests rocking Morocco to a tribunal halting Niger’s uranium trade
October 8, 2025
US gov’t admits F-35 is a failure
With some wonky, hard to decipher language, a recent GAO report concluded the beleaguered jet will never meet expectations
October 7, 2025
India-Pakistan Cyber Skirmishes and the Challenge of Attribution
As cyber operations play a growing role in the India-Pakistan rivalry, misattribution threatens to undermine stability
October 7, 2025
War or Peace: Will the Gaza-Israel Agony Finally End?
A temporary ceasefire that returns the hostages and relieves the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza would be a major achievement
October 7, 2025
Mercenaries in the Battlespace
Assessing how private military companies shape escalation management, deterrence, and WMD risks
October 6, 2025
Beyond the Walls: Chapter 6
What strategic thinking, if any, was behind Hamas’ decision to carry out the October 7 attacks?
October 6, 2025
Needs and Wants: A Feminist Approach to AI in Sub-Saharan Africa
Applying a feminist critique to AI development and deployment across the African continent
October 6, 2025
Leonard Benardo: Reexamining the “Open Society”
Leonard Benardo, Senior Vice President at the Open Society Foundations, joins us to discuss OSF’s emergence and evolution, defining values of open societies, and heterodox thinking for turbulent times.
October 3, 2025