...Joshua Lustig For a brief period in the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union sought to use West Africa as a proving ground for a new model of state-led development. Its African partners had their own priorities. Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955–1968...

...Susanna D. Wing The surge of resources devoted to antiterrorism has not only been ineffective. It has diverted attention from ongoing failures of the government and political elites to tackle Mali's most challenging issues: corruption and poverty. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved...

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...Stephen W. Smith Long gone … is the inbred elite connivance between Paris and the francophone capitals in Africa. Stephen Smith France Africa Mali Francois Hollande Charles de Gaulle Ivory Coast Houphouët-Boigny postcolonialism intervention © 2013 Current History. All rights...

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...Stephen Kinzer A dose of humility might lead Americans to realize that military intervention always produces unforeseen consequences. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Stephen Kinzer Libya Mali intervention Al Qaeda Muammar...

... Economic Cooperation Development civil society Millennium Project governance Commission Africa Mali Group Eight Dambisa Moyo World Bank 205 Most analysts on the continent do not share donor nations optimism that a big push in aid will make a big difference in the lives of poor Africans...