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• December 3, 2025

  Turkey’s 2016 coup a False Flag Op?

  As folks continue to speculate that Guinea-Bissau’s recent coup was “a sham,” Small Wars Journal published some thoughts that Salah Ben Hammou and I had…

• November 22, 2025

  Guinea-Bissau Election Already Failed the Credibility Test

  Last week Salah Ben Hammou and I made our latest contribution to The Conversation. Sticking to ongoing election coverage, we look at the various problems…

• November 6, 2025

  Buyer’s Remorse in Madagascar?

  Salah Ben Hammou and I offered more thoughts on post-coup Madagascar for Foreign Policy. We point to how initial optimism for coups can fade as…

• October 21, 2025

  Andry Rajoelina and the Legitimacy Paradox

  I scribbled some words at The Conversation with Salah Ben Hammou. Responding to the recent protests and coup in Madagascar, we describe a paradox in…