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PAD authors regularly publish articles on current affairs. Here are the most recent articles:
Daily Maverick
The VX Land Cruiser factor – why Africa is still poor
Amid global geopolitical chaos, remember Uganda’s battle to unseat an authoritarian
Holodomor redux — stories of blood and sacrifice echoed in Putin’s colonial war on Ukraine
Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado — inspirational or transformational?
Daily Friend
Colombia: counting the costs of a bad peace?
Democratic repression – why politics, and human rights, matter
Why a bad peace in Ukraine is a bad idea for Africa
Africa’s arc of autocracy comes with a substantial human and economic cost
Eternal hope and Prague Springs − Central Europe’s Mandela
Appearance versus reality – the problem with modern leadership
Uganda: the dying throes of a demented regime
Open letter to SA businesses invested in Uganda
Agony and Agency: Why Ukraine Deserves Emulation
The Man Who Should Be President
Biznews
Mills and Hartley on the 'Gang of Six': Masters of repression and ruin
Mills and Hartley: The ANC’s slide – quicker than a minister dodging a scandal
Mills and Hartley on National Dialogue: Forget revolution talk, what would Freud ask the ANC?
Colombia: The high price of a flawed peace - Mills and Molina
Mills and Hartley: Protests, politics and hypocrisy - Israel’s team at the heart of Vuelta turmoil
While the world makes peace in the Middle East, SA picks a side: Mills and Hartley
March to reform – or marching straight into decline: Mills and Hartley
The silent war – Exposing Russia’s hybrid threats to democracy: Eerik Kross and Greg Mills
Lessons for South Africa from Tanzania's TV dinner election
What Tanzania’s authoritarian turn can teach South Africa about political complacency
Politicsweb
Eternal Hope and Prague Springs: Central Europe’s Mandela
What lies behind the deterioration in US-SA relations – and how to fix it
The ANC’s fall: Faster than a politician changes their mind
Czech-mate: SA needs its own ‘One China’ Policy
Colombia: Counting the costs of a bad peace?
The Human Factor at the Grand Café
SA’s lack of a sense of Hamas – and perspective
Maria Corina Machado: inspirational or transformational?
Why Tanzania's election should concern us all - PAD
Development depends on better politics
Tanzania’s silver democratic lining
Why a bad peace in Ukraine is a bad idea for Africa
Amidst the geopolitical chaos, don’t forget about Uganda
Currency
South Africa tests Trump – at its own peril
Now the party is over, who washes the G20 dishes?
South Africa’s hypocrisy is not just laughable – it’s Trumpian
The exchange … with the Brenthurst Foundation’s Greg Mills
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Tanzania and Uganda: Time for a Little Less Carrot and More Stick?
Peace in Ukraine – In Our Time?
A Frog in a Pot – Turning Around Russia’s Hybrid War
Defence Web
Opinion: Why Tanzania’s TV dinner election should concern us all
Opinion: Tanzania’s democratic silver lining
Other
The Critic: The ravages of Putin’s war
The Jerusalem Post: Somaliland’s democracy deserves recognition, and Israel is right to lead - opinion
JNS: South Africa’s road to relations with Washington runs through Jerusalem
JNS: Why recognition of Somaliland is overdue
PAD: Scenarios for Ukraine A Theory of Victory and Peace
BSR Policy Briefing: Scenarios for Ukraine: A Theory of Victory and Peace
BSR Policy Briefing: What Russia’s war in Ukraine teaches us about modern warfare?
ABC International: The West is giving Ukraine enough to avoid losing, but not enough to win.
Larazon: Colombia: The damage assessment of a bad peace agreement
News24: Greg Mills | Peace in Ukraine – in our time?
PAD: Making sense of military options in a complex and chaotic world
