Africa is confronting a major development problem in the beginning of the twenty-first century. I call this problem "Africa's Dual Brain Drain." The first part of the dual brain drain is the massive migration of Africa's educated and economic elites to the West or other parts of the world : "Africa's Migration Brain Drain." The second part of Africa's dual brain dr...

There is no American or human being in the United States or the world today alive 150 years ago. This means that American citizens today have inherited one of the richest territories in the world from their ancestors who inhabited the land before them. No other people have inherited such a wealthy and geographically diverse territory. In 1990, for example, the buyi...

This paper argues that the United States could benefit substantially from leading the movement to award the African Union (AU) a permanent seat, with veto powers on the United Nations Security Council, because it could lead to the U.S. increasing its influence and legitimacy in that organization due to Africa's support. Utilizing mostly media accounts in recent yea...