Rwanda is best known in the West for 100 days in 1994. The Rwandan Genocide saw the deaths of as many as 1,000,000 Rwandans and the migration of as many as three time more. From the ashes of this great disaster, Paul Kagame (a Tutsi) rose up to restore order…
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Revisiting Iran 2009
This article serves as a supplement to my presentation at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) in Baltimore. It takes a look back at the 2009 presidential election in Iran. At the time, there were many claims of fraud. There were few bits of evidence, however. In some ways, that…
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The ABCs of Lesotho
The Kingdom of Lesotho is an enclave, entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. This geography has fundamentally influenced Lesotho and its foreign and domestic politics. As with most African countries, its post-independence history is filled with military governments, elections, coups d'état, and juntas. Throughout it all, Lesotho kept…
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Turkish Delight
Once again, Erdoğan seeks to alter the political structure of the Republic of Turkey. When he became the Prime Minister in 2003, the Turkish state reflected the long Turkish history of seeking Europe. Atatürk created a Western state out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire. The new Republic of…
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The Gambia
The Islamic Republic of the Gambia came into being in 1965, after winning independence from the United Kingdom. In the intervening half-century, the Gambia has flirted with democracy, a union with Senegal, and military government. The current president, Yahya Jammeh, came to power in 1994 as a result of a…
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