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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Return of Military Regimes
Salah Ben Hammou and I published a commentary at The Conversation. In it we describe some simple, but quite revealing data on post-coup political trajectories…
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Revisiting Coup Contagion
The recent wave of coups, particularly those occurring in Africa, seemed to have renewed interest in the question of “coup contagion.” As I write with…
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