African Politics and International Relations
Posted in African Politics, Noted on Dec 11th, 2009
Over the past week, a number of bloggers have pointed out a number of problems with the convenient “minerals = conflict” thesis. These stories have mostly been inspired by the recent CBS 60 Minutes news segment on “Congo Gold”. Dan Fahey lays out three criticisms of that story in an African Arguments blog post: the [...]
Posted in African Politics, Environmental Politics on Nov 24th, 2009
In the lead-up to Copenhagen, it makes sense that climate issues will be linked to all the evil in the world. Still, the concern about linkages between weather and conflict are not new in African studies. Ted Miguel’s work has linked rainfall (via the economic shocks associated with it) to conflict in Africa and the [...]
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