Columns by J. Peter Pham:

• The Battle for Libya: Implications for Africa [03 Mar 11]
• Somali Piracy Hits America: Some Questions in Need of Answers [24 Feb 11]
• Moroccan Exceptionalism? [10 Feb 11]
• Somalia in Need of New Approach Two Decades after State Collapse [01 Feb 11]
• Côte d'Ivoire Crisis: Some Lessons to Be Learned [13 Jan 11]
• Africa's Top Flash Points in 2011: Security Challenges and Strategic Opportunities [04 Jan 11]

• Abyei: The Abscess Threatening the Sudan [09 Dec 10]
• Behind Iran's Foiled Gambian Gambit [02 Dec 10]
• Somalia's New Prime Minister: Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered [18 Oct 10]
• Brazil's Expanding Links in Africa: Lula's Positive Legacy [12 Oct 10]

• A Subtle, But Significant, Shift in U.S. Somali Policy Opens the Door to Realism [30 Sep 10]
• When Crime Does Pay: The Threat of an Emboldened al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb [23 Sep 10]
• Nigeria at the Crossroads, Again [16 Sep 10]
• Ballots and Bullets: The Tale of the Two Somalias [06 Jul 10]

• Turkey's Return to Africa [27 May 10]
• A Realistic Step Forward: The Ethiopian Elections in Context [13 May 10]
• Kid Kabila and Congo's Joyless Jubilee [29 Apr 10]
• Sudan's Elections: What Now? [22 Apr 10]
• Sudan's Elections and the Country's Endgame [06 Apr 10]

• Muddled on Mogadishu: America's Confused Somalia Strategy [23 Mar 10]
• Libya as an African Power [16 Mar 10]
• Niger Coup: A Blow for Stability and Democracy? [09 Mar 10]
• Shi'a in Senegal: Iran's Growing Reach into Africa [18 Feb 10]
• Crisis, Conflict, and Opportunity in the Nile Basin [09 Feb 10]

• Emerging West African Terror-Drug Nexus Poses Major Security Threat [28 Jan 10]
• Obama and Africa: A One-Year Assessment [21 Jan 10]
• When the Jihadists Take Mogadishu [14 Jan 10]
• African Hot Spots in 2010 [07 Jan 10]

2009

• Guinea: In Search of a Soft Landing [10 Dec 09]
• Africa's Other Dangerous Waters: Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea [03 Dec 09]
• Return of the Somali Pirates [12 Nov 09]
• Climate Change and Security in Africa [03 Nov 09]

• The New U.S. Sudan Policy: A Preliminary Review [22 Oct 09]
• Eritrea: Spoiler Exacerbates Crisis in the Horn of Africa and Beyond [15 Oct 09]
• Guinea: At the Edge of the Precipice [01 Oct 09]

• Putting Puntland's Potential into Play [24 Sep 09]
• Somali Instability Still Poses Threat Even After Successful Strike on Nabhan [17 Sep 09]
• Somaliland: What Somalia Could Be [16 Jul 09]
• Somalia: Strategic Realities and Realistic Stratagems [02 Jul 09]

• Fiddling While Somalia Burns [23 Jun 09]
• Western Sahara: Time to Move Ahead, Realistically [11 Jun 09]
• Morocco's Comprehensive Counterterrorism Approach [04 Jun 09]

• Somalia's Persistent Violence Threatens Regional Security, U.S. Interests [28 May 09]
• Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: The Ongoing Evolution of Jihadist Terrorism in North Africa [14 May 09]

• Countering Somali Piracy by Involving the Private Sector [30 Apr 09]
• Pondering Somali Piracy [23 Apr 09]
• Somali Pirates Undeterred by Naval Build-up, but Risks Heightened [02 Apr 09]

• Bin Laden's Somali Gambit [26 Mar 09]
• Madagascar's March Madness [19 Mar 09]
• The Chinese Navy's Somali Cruise [12 Mar 09]
• Beyond Bashir: Sudan After the Indictment [04 Mar 09]

• A Sustainable Response to the Scourge of Somali Piracy [26 Feb 09]
• Despite Progress, Somali Piracy Threat Persists – and May Grow Larger [19 Feb 09]
• Somalia Stumbles along with Sharif [12 Feb 09]
• A Stimulus for African Security [05 Feb 09]

• New Twists in Congo Conflict – and Just Maybe a Turn for the Better [29 Jan 09]
• How President Obama Can Help Africa – and America as Well [22 Jan 09]
• Ghana Again Blazes the Trail for Africa [15 Jan 09]
• African Hot Spots in 2009 [08 Jan 09]

2008

• Guinea Avoids the Deluge – At Least for Now [31 Dec 08]
• Last Domino Standing: On the Fate of Somaliland [11 Dec 08]
• Somalia: The Times They Are A-Changin' [03 Dec 08]

• As Somali Pirates Raise Stakes, Effective Measures Needed [20 Nov 08]
• Renewed Congo Conflict Requires Fresh Approach [13 Nov 08]
• Africa in an Obama Administration [06 Nov 08]
• AFRICOM Stands Up [02 Oct 08]

• Time to Hunt Somali Pirates [23 Sep 08]
• Engaging Maritime Africa [16 Sep 08]
• Angola: A Potential Powerhouse Inches Forward [09 Sep 08]
• Al-Qaeda's Surge in Algeria [04 Sep 08]

• Somalia's Downward Spiral Continues [26 Aug 08]
• The Russian Bear Returns to Africa [21 Aug 08]
• Mauritania: Progress Hijacked [14 Aug 08]
• Islamist Extremism's Rising Challenge to Morocco [07 Aug 08]

• Sudan: The Beginning of the End [15 Jul 08]
• Global Ripples from the Niger Delta [10 Jul 08]
• Beyond Mugabe's Madness [01 Jul 08]

• Zimbabwe's Runoff Rip-off [24 Jun 08]
• Around the Troubled Horn [19 Jun 08]
• Rising Sun and Dark Continent: Japan's Courtship of Africa [12 Jun 08]
• U.S. Engagement of Africa in the National Interest [05 Jun 08]

• Criminal Networks in West Africa: An Emerging Security Challenge [29 May 08]
• Sudan: Looming Crises, Strategic Opportunities [15 May 08]
• Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: An Evolving Challenge in the War on Terror [08 May 08]
• Pirates of Somalia: The Curse of the Failed State [01 May 08]

• Enabling Mugabe to Cling On [24 Apr 08]
• Botswana's Success Sparkles amid African Gloom [17 Apr 08]
• Zimbabwe Zigzags Onto Another Rough Patch [08 Apr 08]
• Troubled Paradise: The Mixed Success of the African Union's Intervention in the Comoros [03 Apr 08]

• Somalia beyond the Terrorist Designation [27 Mar 08]
• An African Security Update and Why AFRICOM Is Critical [06 Mar 08]

• The U.S. and Somaliland: A Road Map [28 Feb 08]
• Cape Verde: A Rare African Success [21 Feb 08]
• Sudan Strikes Out in Chad Crisis – At Least for Now [14 Feb 08]
• Mr. Bush Goes to Africa [07 Feb 08]

• Khartoum's Partners in Beijing [31 Jan 08]
• What's at Stake in Sudan's Abyei [24 Jan 08]
• The Kenyan Tragedy and the Future of Democracy in Africa [17 Jan 08]
• Thinking about Terrorism and Other Security Challenges in Africa [10 Jan 08]
• The War on Terrorism in Africa: Assessment and Prospects [03 Jan 08]

2007

• Significant Stakes Suggest Somaliland Shift for U.S. [13 Dec 07]
• Too Few Good Men – and Even Fewer Supplies: The Challenge of Peacekeeping in Africa [06 Dec 07]

• Winds of War Blow along Ethiopia-Eritrea Border [29 Nov 07]
• Responding to Piracy and Other African Maritime Security Challenges [13 Nov 07]
• Somali "Leaders" Squabble as Militants Gain Momentum [08 Nov 07]

• Pandas in the Heart of Darkness: Chinese Peacekeepers in Africa [25 Oct 07]
• Playing with Fire: South Africa's Dangerous Terrorist Liaisons [18 Oct 07]
• South Sudan: Simmering Below the Surface [11 Oct 07]
• Brewing Border Battle Threatens U.S. Counterterrorism Gains [04 Oct 07]

• Somalia Still Sinking as Eritrea Entertains Enemies [18 Sep 07]
• Milestone in Partnership to Counter Terrorism in the Sahel [13 Sep 07]
• An Inconvenient Flag: Liberia's Ship Registry in the Age of Global Terrorism [06 Sep 07]

• São Tomé and Príncipe: An African Exception? [30 Aug 07]
• Eritrea: The Horn of Africa's Rogue Regime [23 Aug 07]
• China's Play for Somalia's Oil [14 Aug 07]
• Selling AFRICOM [09 Aug 07]
• "Total Force" for AFRICOM [02 Aug 07]

• Mired in Mogadishu [26 Jul 07]
• The Indian Tiger's African Safari [19 Jul 07]
• The Security Challenge of West Africa's New Drug Depots [10 Jul 07]
• Cabinda: The "Forgotten Conflict" America Can't Afford to Forget [05 Jul 07]

• Hu's Selling Guns to Africa [28 Jun 07]
• Al Qaeda's Franchise in Africa [21 Jun 07]
• Nigeria: Flailing State [14 Jun 07]
• Securing the New Strategic Gulf [07 Jun 07]

• Building Security by Ending Impunity: The Trial of Charles Taylor [31 May 07]
• Smokin' on Somalia [24 May 07]
• Vulnerability of Nigerian Oil Infrastructure Threatens U.S. Interests [17 May 07]
• Additional Sparks Fly in the Horn of Africa [10 May 07]
• Nigeria Teeters Back from the Brink – For Now [03 May 07]

• New Fronts Call for New Capacities [26 Apr 07]
• Decision Time in Nigeria [19 Apr 07]
• Peacekeepers with No Peace to Keep [12 Apr 07]
• The Tipping Point in Somalia [05 Apr 07]

• Salvaging Security in Somalia [29 Mar 07]
• Good News from Côte d'Ivoire [22 Mar 07]
• Smoldering in Somalia [15 Mar 07]
• Phantom Ministers and the Spirit of Democracy [08 Mar 07]
• Au revoir, mon Général [01 Mar 07]

• Violence, Islamism, and Terror in the Sahel [22 Feb 07]
• Getting AFRICOM Right [15 Feb 07]
• Guess Hu's Coming to Dinner [08 Feb 07]
• The Return of the "Nigerian Taliban" [01 Feb 07]

• Coping with Humpty Dumpty [25 Jan 07]
• Somalia May Save the War on Terrorism [18 Jan 07]
• Sweeping Up in Somalia [04 Jan 07]

2006

• The Next Sudanese Conflict [21 Dec 06]
• Not Being Had by al-Itihaad [14 Dec 06]
• The Time Is Now for a U.S. Africa Command [07 Dec 06]

• Islamism Comes to the Niger Delta [30 Nov 06]
• The Somali Radicals Must Be Destroyed! [22 Nov 06]
• A U.S. Security Agenda in Africa – Part I [09 Nov 06]
   A U.S. Security Agenda in Africa – Part II [16 Nov 06]
• The Coming Chaos in Guinea [02 Nov 06]

• Update: Islamist Radicals Still on the March in Somalia [26 Oct 06]
• In Nigeria False Prophets Are Real Problems [19 Oct 06]
• Still at Large: Qadhafi the War Criminal [12 Oct 06]
• Nigeria at the Crossroads [05 Oct 06]

• The Growth of Militant Islamism in East Africa [28 Sep 06]
• Financing Somalia's Islamist Warlords [21 Sep 06]
• West Africa and the Coming Naval Battle in al-Qaeda's Economic War against America [14 Sep 06]
• America's Somali Policy Still Dangerously Adrift [08 Sep 06]
• Iran's Congo Connection [05 Sep 06]

• China Goes on Safari [24 Aug 06]
• Niger Delta Blues [17 Aug 06]
• Hezbollah's African Network [10 Aug 06]
• Forgotten Interests: Why Côte d'Ivoire matters [03 Aug 06]
• Al Qaeda moves to Africa [27 Jul 06]

• Dangerous Fiction: A Tale of Two Cities, Part II [20 Jul 06]
• Dangerous Fiction: A Tale of Two Cities, Part I [13 Jul 06]
• Sheikh Aweys Won't Go Away (At Least by Himself) [06 Jul 06]

• General Hayden, Invest in the Arms Trade [15 Jun 06]
• Faith-Based Realpolitik [08 Jun 06]
• REM: Islamist Terrorist Regime in Khartoum [01 Jun 06]

• A modest proposal for Darfur [26 May 06]
• Keeping an eye on the "peacekeepers" [18 May 06]
• Facing Reality in Somalia [11 May 06]
• Militant Islamism's Shadow Rises Over Sub-Saharan Africa [04 May 06]

• The Middle East Link to Africa's Conflicts [27 Apr 06]
• The War on Terrorism's Forgotten Front [20 Apr 06]