Joshua Meservey is a senior policy analyst for Africa and the Middle East within the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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Kenyan police announced this week that they had arrested a man interning at a Kenyan hospital who was planning a major anthrax attack on the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Once a model for emerging African democracies, South Africa is now mired in corruption that undermines its economy, provokes social unrest, and betrays the dreams… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Earlier this month, Morocco’s head of counterterrorism, Abdelhak Khiame, warned that the Islamic State (ISIS) is trying to build chemical weapons to use in an… Read More
InternationalCommentary
At dawn on Feb. 10, a camp for displaced people in the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa began stirring to life. Three unaccompanied young girls… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The small North African country of Tunisia suffered another major terror attack, the third this year. The attack should remind the world that Tunisia faces… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Hard on the heels of attacks in Beirut and Paris, terrorists have struck again. This time, an unconfirmed number of gunmen stormed the upscale Radisson… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Islamic State is likely taking a dangerous new tack in its war on all those who disagree with it. While there is much we… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last week, two press freedom groups—Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory—issued a press release detailing the plight of independent media in the northern… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A flood of Middle East refugees into Europe has held the world’s attention and sympathy since August. The European Union recently committed to taking in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Reuters recently reported on a contingent of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel in southern Niger assisting the West African country in its battle against… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Lost in the outrage over the death of Cecil the Lion is the plight of the people of Zimbabwe and the fact that big game… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Thursday morning the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), chaired by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., will meet to hold its first hearing on the Iran… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Citizens of the small East African country of Burundi are at the polls today to select a president, though the outcome is virtually guaranteed. Two-term… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa captured headlines around the world. As the epidemic has waned since then so too has the world’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For the second time in three months, the North African country of Tunisia has suffered a terrible terrorist attack. According to media reports, multiple gunmen… Read More
