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Reposted from Blavity: Yoweri Museveni Is Uganda’s Unlikely Hip-Hop President And Afrobeat Artist Bobi Wine Is Campaigning For His Seat

January 15, 2021 crhodes Leave a comment

In light of this week’s presidential election in Uganda, I’m reposting my article from November on incumbent President Yoweri Museveni…

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Posted in: International, Politics

New Article in The National Interest: Trump’s Gift To Russia Isn’t Collusion

February 21, 2020 crhodes Leave a comment

I recently published an article with The National Interest about President Trump, the US and Russia. Given the news of…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Putin, Russia, Trump

My New Article on Unherd: “How Kenya Became a Tyranny of the Minority”

February 5, 2020 crhodes Leave a comment

I reflect on the legacy of former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, who died Tuesday at age 95. Moi employed…

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Posted in: International, Other, Politics, Religion Filed under: Africa, Daniel arap Moi, Elections, Kenya, Violence

New Article on UnHerd: In Defense of Facebook

January 14, 2020 crhodes Leave a comment

Here’s my new article on UnHerd.com, in which I defend Facebook in the face of many of its detractors and…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Democracy, Elections, Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

Turns Out Neither Trump Nor Iran Want War

January 8, 2020 crhodes Leave a comment

President Donald Trump’s strike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week seemed like a departure from Trump’s general…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Iran, Middle East, Soleimani, War on Terror

Does Trump Have a Master Plan for Iran?

January 6, 2020 crhodes Leave a comment

The legendary hip hop artist Rakim once rapped “thinkin’ of a master plan,’ cause ain’t nothin’ but sweat inside my…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Donald Trump, Iran, Middle East, Soleimani, Terrorism

New Article on UnHerd: The Mother of All Protests

December 18, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

Here’s my new article on UnHerd.com, in which I argue that 2011 was the most important year of the last…

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Posted in: International Filed under: arab spring, occupy, Protests

The End of Empire: How Nov. 11, 1918 Changed the World

November 11, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

How does you build an empire? The old way, that had existed for millennia, was for a state to expand…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Armistice Day, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Imperialism, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Veterans Day, World War I

Fall of the Berlin Wall: 1989’s “YouTube” and a Bad Press Conference Take Down Communism

November 8, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

Remember how acting White House Chief of Staff Mike Mulvaney did a press conference about a controversial Trump Administration move…

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Posted in: International, Politics Filed under: Berlin Wall, Cold War, Germany, Tom Brokaw

America’s Whitest State Welcomes Black Immigrants (and Elects Them Too)

November 7, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

How Maine is a very unusual state, socially and politically. I spent the summers after my Junior and Senior years…

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Posted in: Identity, International, Politics Filed under: Angus King, Immigration, Maine, Olympia Snowe, Paul LaPage, Refugees, Safiya Khalid, Somalia, Susan Collins

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