Ian Platz
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Africa
October 3, 2020
Trouble Ahead in East Africa
In March of this year at a training camp 120 miles north of Mogadishu, more than a hundred Al-Shabaab fighters were massing in preparation for an...
Ian Platz • RealClearPolitics
Military Strategy
October 3, 2020
#Reviewing Mission Creep
Mission Creep: The Militarization of U. S.
Ian Platz • RealClearPolitics
Africa
October 3, 2020
Uganda on the Brink: Key U.S. Ally for African Security
Over the past decade, the United States government has viewed Uganda as one of the best guarantors of stability and thus American interests in East...
Ian Platz • RealClearPolitics
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