The United States remains the most powerful country in the world in terms of "hard power"—economic and military might. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (the final value of goods and services produced within one year)...
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Maroleng makes strategic recommendations to the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON - Chris Maroleng, International Chief Executive Officer of Good Governance Africa, has proposed a set of recommendations to the US House of Representatives Committee on...
Reconciling interests and values in an era of great power competition
The world is entering a new era of great power competition. Renewed, and emerging rivalries between major countries including China, India, Russia and the United States will define how the world navigates some of the...
Extended misrule in Gabon mirrors wider African retrogression
Following the 26th July 2023 coup d'etat in Niger, the world woke on 30th August to news of another military putsch, this time in Gabon. Resurgent military intervention in politics and worsening misgovernance – two...
New BRICS+ bound to hit a wall?
On 24 August, coinciding with a controversial election being held in neighbouring Zimbabwe, the latest BRICS summit concluded in Johannesburg. The BRIC acronym was originally coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim...
Nigeria’s crucial role in navigating the Niger coup crisis
The military takeover in the Niger Republic gravely endangers security and stability in the West Africa and Sahel region. Similarly, the division within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) into a pro...
