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Hafed Al-Ghwell
Hafed Al-Ghwell is Senior Fellow and Program Director at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. and Senior Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies. X: @HafedAlGhwell
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Africa pays a high price for dollar dependence
Governments across Africa are rightfully questioning the wisdom of anchoring their countries’ futures to the US dollar. The instinct grows from patterns that have shaped the continent’s financial stability, trade resilience, and growth prospects for decades.
Lebanon could be the key to a mutually beneficial Syrian recovery
The scale of the devastation in Syria after more than a decade of civil war is almost incomprehensible. The cost of reconstruction is estimated at between $250 and $400 billion.
Can Tunisia’s youth resist the resurgence of authoritarianism?
The youthful energy that once thrummed through the streets of Tunis, ousting a long-entrenched dictator more than a decade ago, has withered in the face of an unchecked authoritarian resurgence.
