The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

 The August 2026 issue of Africa Spectrum includes an " Introduction to the Special Issue: Giving in Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism i...

 The Somali Public Agenda and Somali Dialogue Platform published in July 2026 a study titled " Navigating Political Transition: Citizen...

 The UN Human Rights Council published on 8 July 2026 a 26-page report titled " Information Supplementing the Report 'Sudan: Hallma...

 The Royal United Services Institute published on 18 June 2026 a study titled " Masculinities and Violence in the Horn of Africa Border...

 The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies published on 15 April 2026 a paper titled " Instability in the Ke...

  World Politics Review published on 28 August 2025 a commentary titled " In Post-War Ethiopia, Tigray's Female Veterans Fear Bein...

  MSNBC posted on 23 April 2025 a commentary titled " Marco Rubio Is Taking a Chainsaw to America's Soft Power " by Zeeshan A...

 Brookings published on 4 February 2025 a series of essays titled " Implications of a USAID Shutdown ." This is a series of short ...

 The US Institute of Peace posted on 23 January 2025 a two-minute video clip titled " U.S. Declares Genocide in Sudan: What Does It Mea...

 Boston University's Global Development Policy Center posted on 15 October 2024 an analysis titled " Back in Action: The Ninth Foru...

 Human Rights Watch published on 28 July 2024 a report titled " Khartoum Is Not Safe for Women! Sexual Violence against Women and Girls...

 The Heritage Institute published in March 2024 a study titled " Galmudug: Governance, State Formation, Conflict Dynamics, and Reconcil...

The Conversation published on 11 January 2024 a commentary titled " Chinese Imports Could Undermine Ethiopian Manufacturing- Leaving W...

 The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies published in January 2024 a study titled " Transitional Justice in Clan-based Societies: Cas...

Megatrends Afrika published in October 2023 a paper titled " What Explains African Perceptions of China as a Model of Development? ...

 The Heritage Institute published in September 2023 conference proceedings titled " Climate Change and Conflict in the Horn: Challenges...

  Foreign Policy published on 4 August 2023 a commentary titled " Sudan's Failed Democracy Is a Disaster for Women " by Neha ...

  The Conversation published on 11 January 2023 an analysis titled " Chinese Imports Could Undermine Ethiopian Manufacturing--Leaving ...

 Samuel M. Gebru, a Tigrayan, organized an hour long webinar on 4 November 2022 titled " Understanding the Ethiopia-Tigray Peace Proces...

The Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute hosted on 20 September 2022 an hour long discussion titled " The Biden Adminis...