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Elizabeth Shackelford

From Likes to Violence: How Big Tech is Helping Fuel Extremism

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Could Big Tech's failure to moderate social media be fueling violence and extremism in Kenya and beyond?

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Tech and Science

Watching US Military Assistance in Africa Go up in Smoke

In the News
Crashing the War Party
Coauthors

Elizabeth Shackelford and Emma Sanderson join the podcast to unpack a new report on why US-Africa policy isn't working.

Nigerian special forces and Chadian troops participate with US advisors in the Flintlock exercise
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US Foreign Policy

The Risk of Framing Geopolitics as Us vs. Them

In the News
Jurist
Elizabeth Shackelford

Leaning into the binary distinction between autocracies and autocracies doesn't seem to serve US interests, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

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US Foreign Policy

Diplomacy and Africa

In the News
Security Dilemma
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford joins the podcast to discuss conflict in Somalia, the coup in Niger, and tensions in Southern Africa.

Nigerien national guardsmen sit outside the customs offices in Niamey
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US Foreign Policy

Populist Candidate Javier Milei Offers Easy Answers to Argentina's Hard Problems

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

Milei’s appeal draws attention to an acute problem facing democracies around the world: Good governance and good politics don’t always align.

Javier Milei speaks during a rally in Buenos Aires
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Global Politics

Sahel in Crisis: Niger's Coup and the Failure of Western Intervention

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Explore the Sahel's alarming pattern of coups as we unravel the threads behind Niger's recent crisis.

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023.
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Defense and Security

Case Studies: US Military Assistance in Africa Doesn't Work

In the News
Responsible Statecraft
Coauthors

A new Council report argues the recent series of coups across the Sahelian region should prompt a major reassessment of US military assistance.

Master Sgt. Todd Chandler leads a group discussion from the Burkina Faso air force at Airbase 511
US Air Force
US Foreign Policy

Lessons in Security and Diplomacy 25 Years After the US Embassy Bombings

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

We explore how the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya forever changed the way the US government protects its representatives abroad.

A view of the United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Aug. 8, 1998 the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya.
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US Foreign Policy

What’s Tragic about the Coup in Niger

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"This coup will likely make matters worse in a country where things might have been getting better," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Supporters of mutinous soldiers in Niger hold a sign reading "down with Macron"
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Global Politics

Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Aging populations, economic prospects, and sustainability goals - we tackle it all in this episode on population decline.

People walk along a pedestrian crossing in Japan.
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Global Politics