Iyad Ag Ghali, the central leader of the 1990 rebellion in Mali, formed Ansar al-Din in late 2011. The group quickly emerged around a core of Ifoghas Tuareg and longtime companions of Ag Ghali, ...
Libya’s recent history shows how a region-wide confrontation can make matters worse for vulnerable states – in Libya’s case, exacerbating the problems it already had. In turn, the Libyan war has ...
Europeans were less frantic than in 2011, but the euro crisis continued to undermine European coherence towards China. Chinese bond purchases remain opaque. In 2012, China did not become Europe’s “red ...