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China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement. Columbia University Press.

Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press, Inc. 

China and Africa: A Century of Engagement. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Hizmet in Africa: The Activities and Significance of the Gulen Movement.  Tsehai Publishers.
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China-Africa Relations

  • China-Africa Bibliography (July 15, 2023)
  • Syllabus for China-Africa Graduate Course (21 June 2023)
  • China's Security in Red Sea Region (MEI, 18 May 2021)
  • Covid-19 and Chinese Soft Power in Africa (10 May 2020)
  • China in Africa Testimony (8 May 2020)
  • Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Meets the Belt and Road (East Asia Forum - 18 October 2018)
  • China's Just another Great Power in Africa (East Asia Forum, 17 May 2018)
  • Deciphering Chinese Investment in Nigeria (US-China Focus 6 October 2017)
  • China's Power Projection in the Western Indian Ocean (China Brief, 20 April 2017)
  • Protection of American Nationals and Interests in Africa (Paper delivered at a conference in Beijing on 9 March 2017)
  • Comparing American and Chinese Business Models in Africa (Remarks made at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. on 15 November 2016)
  • Africa as China's Laboratory for Third World Security Cooperation (China Brief, 6 July 2016)
  • The Environmental Impact of China's FDI in Africa (Winter 2016 issue of Cornell International Law Journal)
  • China's Growing Security Relationship with Africa (Remarks at Michigan State University on 28 January 2016)
  • China's Investment in Africa: Environmental Implications and the Law (Remarks at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia on 23 October 2015)
  • The Evolving China-Africa Security Relationship (Remarks made on 26 August 2015 at a conference in Cape Town hosted by the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University)
  • China-Africa Infrastructure Financing (Remarks at Center for Strategic and International Studies on 29 July 2015)
  • China, Africa and Food Security (Remarks at Yale University on 8 July 2015)
  • Environmental Impact of China's Investment in Africa (Remarks at Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on 4 April 2015)
  • China's Interest in and Strategy towards Africa (English-language original of article published in Italian-language Italianieuropei in March 2015)
  • China and the United States in Africa: Cooperation or Competition? (Remarks at the University of Illinois on 16 February 2015)
  • Ethiopia and China (Paper presented at the 13th International Conference of Africanists in Moscow, 27-30 May 2014)
  • China Confronts Terrorism in Africa (China-US Focus, Nov. 18, 2013)
  • China's Response to the Islamist Threat in Mali (Published in 21 June 2013 issue of China-US Focus)
  • China and Africa: Challenges and Predictions (Speech to the Cosmopolitan Club in New York on 8 April 2013)
  • China and Africa in the Xi Jinping Era (Published in The Diplomat on 25 March 2013)
  • China and Africa: The Next Decade (Keynote address on 1 February 2013 during a conference on China in Africa at the the University of Denver)
  • China and Africa: What Do We Know? How Do We Know It (Remarks during panel discussion at the African Studies Association conference in Philadelphia on 29 November 2012)
  • China's Investments in Africa (Published in China-US Focus on 1 November 2012)
  • China and Security Issues in Africa (Remarks at conference on China, Canada and Africa in Ottawa on 20 September 2012)
  • China, Sudan and South Sudan (19 September 2012 comment for The Diplomat)
  • China and Mozambique (Remarks in Washington on 30 July 2012)
  • China, Africa and Implications for the US (Commentary posted on China-US Focus website on 12 July 2012)
  • Transcript on China-Africa Business Links (Carnegie Council in New York on 15 June 2012)
  • Podcast on China-Africa Business Links (Carnegie Council in New York on 15 June 2012)
  • China's Security Policy in Africa and the Western Indian Ocean (International Affairs Forum - 15 May 2012)
  • Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks on 4 May 2012 at the National Defense University in Washington)
  • China-Africa Testimony (House Africa Subcommittee, 29 March 2012)
  • The United States Reassesses the China-Africa Relationship (French translation appeared in issue 30 of Outre-Terre, published in January 2012.)
  • China-Africa Relations: The Big Picture (2011 Achebe Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 4 December 2011)
  • China and the Horn of Africa (Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2011)
  • United States and China in Africa: Advancing the Diplomatic Agenda (Remarks originally made at Virginia Military Institute 4 November 2011 and then carried in International Policy Digest on 14 November 2011)
  • China's Growing Role in Africa: Implications for U.S. Policy (Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 1 Nov., 2011)
  • United States-China Collaboration on Health and Agricultutrre in Africa (Center for Sategic and International Studies [D.C.] and China Institute of International Studies [Beijing], Beijing, May 24, 2011)
  • The Impact of China's Growing Influence in Africa (European Financial Review, April-May, 2011)
  • North African Revolutions and Protests Challenge Chinese Diplomacy (China Brief, Vol. 11, No. 6, April 8, 2011)
  • The Role of China in Africa: Trade, Investment and Aid (Social Investment Forum International Working Group, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2010)
  • China and the Conflict in Darfur (The Brown Journal of World Affairs, fall/winter 2009)
  • Africa: The United States and China Court the Continent (Journal of International Affairs, Spring/Summer 2009)
  • China’s Involvement in African Conflict Zones (Jamestown Foundation, National Press Club, May 20, 2009)
  • Chinese Involvement in African Conflict Zones (China Brief, April 2009)
  • Africa at the Crossroads (chapter in Crossroads Africa: Perspectives on U.S.-China-Africa Security Affairs, CENSA, June 2009)
  • Comparing Engagement with Africa by China and the United States (Indiana University, March 6 - 7, 2009)
  • China's Engagement in Africa (chapter in the CSIS Africa Program report: Africa Policy in the George W. Bush Years: Recommendations for the Obama Administration, January 2009)
  • Responding to China in Africa (American Foreign Policy Council, June 2008)
  • China's Relations with Zimbabwe, Sudan and the DRC ( Remarks at the New England School of Law, 15 March 2008)
  • An Opportunistic Ally ( Harvard International Review, Summer 2007)
  • Africa, China, the United States, and Oil (CSIS Africa Policy Forum, May 2007)
  • Africa, China and Health Care (PDF, Inside AISA, nos. 3 & 4, Oct./Dec., 2006, pp. 14-16)
  • The China Factor in African Ethics (Policy Innovations, Dec. 2006)
  • Africa and China’s Global Activism (NDU, June 20, 2006)
  • Dueling Priorities For Beijing in the Horn of Africa (China Brief, Oct. 2005)
  • China's Approach to East, North and the Horn of Africa (U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, July 2005)

East Africa and the Horn

  • Outside Powers Vie for Influence in Red Sea Region (27 November 2020)
  • Red Sea Security (May 2020 podcast)
  • Competition in the Red Sea: Perspectives from the African Side (Remarks on 7 March 2019)
  • Red Sea Region and U.S. Interests (USIP interview 19 December 2018)
  • The Political Crisis in Ethopia (Remarks by David Shinn at panel during African Studies Association conference in Washington on 3 December 2016)
  • Challenges to US Diplomacy: Dealing with Terrorism and Instability in the Horn of Africa (Remarks at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Annandale, Virginia on 13 October 2015)
  • Neither Desperate Nor Stronger: The Adaptation of Al Shabaab (E-International Relations 3 July 2015)
  • Somalia, Al-Shabaab, the Region and U.S. Policy (Remarks at William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA on 8 April 2015)
  • US Policy in the Horn of Africa (Remarks at GWU Institute for Global and International Studies in October 2014)
  • U.S.Policy in the Horn of Africa (Paper delivered in Moscow in May 2014 at 13th International Conference of Africanists)
  • Ethiopia: Muslim-Christian Relations (Remarks at Bolling Air Force Base on 16 January 2014)
  • Time to Bring Eritrea in from the Cold (posted on African Arguments on 13 January 2014)
  • Somalia: Origin, Development and Future of AMISOM (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota on 19 October 2013)
  • Al-Shabaab in the Aftermath of the Attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall (Published by eInternationalRelations on 10 October 2013)
  • eInternationalRelations on 10 October 2013) U.S. Security Policy in East Africa and the Horn (Published in World Politics Review on 20 February 2013)
  • People to People and Ethiopian Healthcare (Remarks made at symposium hosted by People to People at the University of Kentucky on 27 November 2012)
  • Somalia: Security, AMISOM, Governance, Al-Shabaab and the Future (Commentary on e-International Relations 26 September 2012)
  • Somalia, Somaliland and the US Dual Track Policy (18 May 2012 Somaliland Conference at Hilton Dulles Hotel in Virginia)
  • International Efforts to Counter Al-Shabaab (e-International Relations website, 20 February 2012)
  • Al-Shabaab and Somalia in the 21st Century (Jan. 2012, New York City)
  • East Africa and the Horn (Chapter 4 of Al-Qaida after Ten Years of War published by Marine Corps University Press in 2011)
  • Republic of South Sudan: Statehood and the Challenges Ahead (PowerPoint presentation delivered in Italy, Oct. 27, 2011
  • Somali Youth radicalization (French and English versions, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gazette, Vol. 73, No. 2, 2011)
  • U.S. Policy towards the Horn of Africa (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sept. 30, 2011)
  • A Proposed US Regional Strategy towards the Horn of Africa: Conflict Resolution at Local and Regional Levels (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 7 September, 2011)
  • Water and Security in Africa (Hosted by U.S. State Department, AFRICOM, Arlington, Va., July 21-22, 2011)
  • Challenges Facing Somalia (House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, July 7, 2011)
  • Sudan - Rule of Law Deployments (Hosted by Walker Institute, University of South Carolina, Coumbia, S.C., 1 July, 2011)
  • Revolutionary Winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful Thinking? (University Club, Washington, D.C., 10 June, 2011)
  • Al Shabaab's Foreign Threat to Somalia (Orbis, Vol. 55, Issue 2, 2011, pages 203-215)
  • Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab and Somalia (Selfridge Air National Guard, Mount Clemens, Mich., Feb. 15, 2011)
  • Somalia: Promoting Peace and Preventing Youth Radicalization (Canadian Friends of Somalia conference, Ottawa, Dec. 6-7, 2010)
  • Interview (Awramba Times, Dec. 1, 2010)
  • Al-Shabaab tries to take control in Somalia (Foreign Policy Research Institute, Nov., 2010)
  • Libyan policy in the Horn of Africa (Center for Naval Analyses, Oct. 25, 2010)
  • Remarks to Somali Transitional Federal Government Members of Parliament (Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, June 24, Washington, D.C.)
  • Somalia and the International Community: Facing Reality (9th Horn of Africa Conference Focus on Somalia, June 4, Lund, Sweden)
  • United States-Somali Relations: Local, National and International Dimensions (Center for African Studies, Ohio State University, April 26, 2010)
  • A Vision for the Horn of Africa (Advocacy for Ethiopia, Ethiopian National Priorities Consultative Process, Virginia, April 9, 2010)
  • Challenges to Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa (World Affairs Council of N. California, March 12, 2010)
  • Ways to Contribute to the Future of Ethiopia (Ethiopian American Youth Initiative, Ethiopian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 2010)
  • The Intensity, Spread and Economics of Somali Piracy (Controlling Maritime Piracy, Harvard Kennedy School, Dec. 10-12, 2009)
  • Al-Shabaab and the Future of Somalia (Jamestown Foundation conference, National Press Club, Dec. 9, 2009)
  • Ethiopian Armed Groups (The Future of Armed Groups in Africa, conference hosted by State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and U.S. Africa Command, Germany, Nov. 13-14, 2009)
  • Remarks on the Horn of Africa (Conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Academy of Diplomacy, Oct. 29, 2009, Washington, D.C.)
  • Somalia: Rise of Piracy and Maritime Insecurity (Maritime Piracy Summit 2009, Virginia, Sept. 22, 2009)
  • Testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Hearing on Sudan, July 30, 2009, PDF format)
  • Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia (Somali piracy conference hosted by the National Maritime Intelligence Center and the Office of Naval Intelligence, April 7, 2009)
  • Somalia’s New Government and the Challenge of Al-Shabab (PDF file, CTC Sentinel, March 2009)
  • Horn of Africa: Priorities and Recommendations (Hearing before the House Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Committee on Appropriations, March 12, 2009)
  • Implications of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa (at Horn of Africa Conference - VII, Sweden, October 2008)
  • Evaluating U.S. Policy Objectives and Options on the Horn of Africa (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 11 March 2008)
  • Ethiopia and Sudan: Conflict and Cooperation in the Nile Valley (chapter in Narrating the Nile: Politics, Identities, Cultures, 2008)
  • Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace (Joint Summit of European Parliament and US House of Representatives, 8 July 2007)
  • Al-Qaeda in East Africa and the Horn (Journal of Conflict Studies, Summer 2007)
  • Exploring a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Counterterrorism Strategy for Somalia (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 6 February 2007)
  • Somalia: Regional Involvement and Implications for US Policy (Paper presented on 4 October 2006 to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C.)
  • Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (July 2006)
  • Somalia: U.S. Government Policy and Challenges (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 11 July 2006)
  • Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin (Power Point at Los Alamos National Laboratory on March 16, 2006)
  • Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin (Presentation at Los Alamos National Laboratory on March 16, 2006)
  • Somaliland: The Little Country that Could (CSIS Africa Notes, Nov. 2004)
  • Fighting Terrorism in East Africa and the Horn (Foreign Service Journal, Sept. 2004)

Miscellaneous

  • Non-Regional Actors in Red Sea Basin (Remarks made in Amman, Jordan, on 27 April 2019)
  • Five Second Tier Non-Western External Actors in Africa (21 May 2018)
  • Economic Diplomacy and Africa's Foreign Partners: Focus on the United States and China (Presentation at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, on 27 June 2017)
  • The Indian Ocean and Deep Seabed Mining (Posted on Young Diplomats website 3 February 2017)
  • China's WTO Compliance: The US Reaction (China Policy Institute posting on 14 November 2016)
  • Poverty and Terrorism in Africa (Article in the 2016 summer/fall issue of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
  • Turkey-Africa Relations (Remarks at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Arlington, Virginia on 31 Oct. 2016)
  • Africa's Changing Partnerships over the Next Decade (Remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on 7 June 2016)
  • Hizmet in Africa (Presentation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 19 May 2016 at an international conference on the Gulen Movement)
  • Turkey-Africa Relations 2016 (Remarks at the Turkish-American Cultural Center in Madison, Wisconsin on 3 March 2016)
  • Turkey-Sub-Sahara Africa Relations (Paper published in September 2015 by Chatham House and presented in Istanbul)
  • Africa: The Good, the Bad, and the Future (Remarks at Yakima Rotary Club on 23 July 2015)
  • BRICS and Africa (Remarks made to the next generation of African security leaders on 19 March 2013)
  • Les pays BRICS et l'Afrique (Remarks made to the next generation of African security leaders on 19 March 2013)
  • African Union Peace Operations (Remarks at national security seminar at George Washington University on 7 December 2012)
  • Tolerance or War (Commentary distributed by Project Syndicate on 7 December 2012)
  • Emerging Powers in Africa Update (Remarks on 13 September 2012 at the National Defense University in Washington)
  • Turkey and the Horn of Africa (Remarks at Chatham House in London on 28 June 2012)
  • Ethics and Foreign Affairs (5 June 2012 Q and A with Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs)
  • Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks on 4 May 2012 at the National Defense University in Washington)
  • Water Crisis in Africa (Remarks at GWU on 9 April 2012)
  • Water and Security in Africa (Remarks at US State Department/AFRICOM Conference in Arlington, VA on 21-22 July 2011)
  • French Translation of Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks at National Defense University in Washington on 15 June 2011)
  • Portuguese Translation of Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks at National Defense University in Washington on 15 June 2011)
  • Democracy in Africa (Q and A with Journalist on 5 December 2010)
  • African Refugees and Immigrants (Remarks to Ethiopian Community Development Council on 3 May 2010)
  • Palestine - Visit to Nablus and Samaritan Community (Brief account of 22 June 2010 visit)
  • Palestine - Visit to Gaza (Account of 20-21 June 2010 visit to Gaza)
  • Palestine - Visit to Hebron (Brief account of 13 June 2010 visit)
  • US Policy Themes in Sub-Saharan Africa (Published by the Elliott School of International Affairs in 2004)

China-Africa Web Sites

  • Africa Files
  • African Economic Research Consortium
  • Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University
  • Chatham House
  • China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • CSIS Africa Policy Forum
  • Forest Trends
  • Forum on China Africa Cooperation
  • French-language site
  • German Development Institute
  • Hong Kong Center on China’s Transnational Relations
  • Institute for Security Studies
  • Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
  • International Rivers
  • Jamestown Foundation China Brief
  • Open Democracy
  • Pambazuka News China-Africa Watch
  • Power and Interest News Report
  • South African Institute for International Affairs
  • The Brenthurst Foundation
  • Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
  • UCLA Globalization Research Center – Africa
  • UK Department for International Development
  • University of Brussels

Horn of Africa Web Sites

  • Addis Standard
  • Association for Higher Education and Development
  • Daily Nation (Kenya)
  • Ethio Forum (news)
  • Ethio Media
  • Ethio.com (news)
  • Ethiopian Economic Association
  • Ethiopian Government News Agency
  • Ethiopian Institute for Non-Violence Education and Peace Studies
  • Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party (opposition party)
  • Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ethiopian Parliament
  • Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (ruling party's Web site)
  • Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (opposition party)
  • Ethiopian Recycler (blog)
  • Ethiopian Review
  • Food Security and Nutriton Analysis Unit, Somalia
  • Forum for Social Studies
  • Global Policy Forum - Ethiopia and Eritrea
  • Horn Affairs
  • Information on Southern Ethiopia
  • Jimma Times
  • MediaETHIOPIA (news service)
  • National Archives and Library of Ethiopia
  • Nazret.com Ethiopian News Portal
  • Network of Ethiopian Muslims
  • Official Site of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia
  • Ogaden National Liberation Front (opposition party)
  • Ogaden Online (Somali and English language news with a focus on Somali issues in Ethiopia)
  • Ogadeni National Liberation Front
  • Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (opposition party)
  • Oromo Liberation Front
  • People to People
  • SomaliaReport (Media MONITOR)
  • Standard (Kenya)
  • The Ethiopian American
  • The Fistula Foundation
  • The Sidama Concern
  • Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (opposition party)
  • UN Political Office (Somalia)
  • UNICEF
  • Walta Information Center (news service)

General Web Sites for Africa

  • Accord
  • Africa Intelligence
  • African Development Bank
  • African Union
  • allAfrica.com
  • Amnesty International
  • Arab League
  • Boston University African Studies Center
  • British Broadcasting Company
  • Center for Global Development
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Chiefs of state and cabinet members
  • CIA World Factbook
  • CNN
  • Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa
  • Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center
  • Council of Foreign Relations
  • East African Community
  • Enough
  • Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network
  • Harvard University Committee on African Studies
  • Human Rights Watch Africa
  • Indiana University African Studies Program
  • Institute for Security Studies
  • Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) Africa
  • Intergovernmental Authority on Development
  • International Boundaries Research Unit
  • International Crisis Group
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International Resources Group
  • Library of Congress Country Studies series
  • Life and Peace Institute Horn of Africa Bulletin
  • Massive bibliography on Africa
  • Michigan State University African Studies Center
  • Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation
  • National Defense University Africa Center for Strategic Studies
  • National Endowment for Democracy
  • News about Africa
  • Nile Basin Initiative
  • Northwestern University African Studies Program
  • Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Organization of the Islamic Conference
  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • Program on International Policy Attitudes
  • Relief Web
  • Relief Web
  • The Carter Center
  • The George Washington University Africa Center for Health and Human Security
  • Thomsen Reuters Foundation
  • Transparency International
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
  • U.S. government press releases
  • U.S. State Department
  • UCLA African Studies Center
  • UN Development Programme
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations
  • University of Florida Center for African Studies
  • University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
  • University of Wisconsin African Studies Program
  • US Institute of Peace
  • Woodrow Wilson Center
  • World Bank
  • World Food Programme

Africa in Washington D.C.

  • Africa in Transition (Amb. John Campbell)
  • Africa in Washington, D.C.
  • African Arguments
  • China in Africa: The Real Story (Deborah Brautigam)
  • ChrisBlattman.com
  • Drew Hindshaw (West Africa correspondent)
  • Saxafi News
  • Somewhere in Africa (Shashank Bengali, Nairobi Bureau Chief, McClatchy Newspapers)
  • South of West: A Journalist Out of Africa (Rob Crilly)
  • The Green Nile (Andrew Scott)
  • Trend Lines (World Politics Review)