Middle East & Africa
![Transitions of Power: The U.S. and Gambia](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adam-barrow-2-e1485541741723.jpg)
Transitions of Power: The U.S. and Gambia
The parallels between the situation in The Gambia and our own recent inauguration are difficult to miss.
![Gambia Decided?](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3600-e1482461470715.jpg)
Gambia Decided?
The Gambia has voted to oust its strongman president of 22 years. But will he step down?
![Powerless Arbitration: The Withdrawal of Nations from the International Criminal Court](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20111126131744435734_20.jpg)
Powerless Arbitration: The Withdrawal of Nations from the International Criminal Court
Several countries have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court—but why?
![Educating the Lost Generation](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/x1437677503959.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MwEjKl-7d4.jpg)
Educating the Lost Generation
The Jordanian education system struggles with the influx of Syrian refugees.
![America’s Endless War for the Middle East](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/war-in-mid-east-e1478901383287.jpg)
America’s Endless War for the Middle East
“It’s not simply that we’ve not prevailed…Rather, through a combination of naivety, short-sightedness, and hubris, we have actually made things worse.”
![Women, Iran, and Democratization](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/iran-woen-e1478467739868.jpg)
Women, Iran, and Democratization
Professor Farshad Malek-Admadi gives an unnuanced understanding of women in Iran at the Iran Colloquium.
![Time and Time Again: Unrest in Ethiopia](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ethiopia-Unrest.png)
Time and Time Again: Unrest in Ethiopia
For the uncle I never knew but will unconditionally love and for my beautiful mother who has witnessed both heaven and hell.