When the next supply-chain shock hits American factories, it may not originate in the Taiwan Strait or the Suez Canal. Imagine instead a tugboat quietly seized off Lagos, a handful of containers at Tema diverted with immaculate paperwork, and a…
In February 2026, construction crews broke ground on the Lobito Corridor’s greenfield extension, a 1,744-kilometer rail-and-port concession connecting Angola’s Atlantic coast to the copper- and cobalt-rich heartland of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. It was a quiet moment…
On January 22, 2026, senior officials from Washington and Abuja gathered in Nigeria’s capital for the first meeting of the U.S.–Nigeria Working Group on security and religious freedom. The joint communique was diplomatic but unusually blunt: the Working Group exists…
Three years ago, the Gulf of Guinea faced a maritime security crisis that threatened billions in trade, endangered seafarers, and destabilized the entire region. Pirates operating with near impunity attacked vessels throughout West African waters, holding crews for ransom and…
Strategic bombers rarely dominate headlines the way hypersonic missiles or aircraft carriers do, yet their quiet return to the center of force planning reveals something important about the direction of great-power competition. The development of the U.S. B-21 Raider and…
When U.S. policymakers discuss national security priorities, Africa rarely appears in the first three sentences. Yet beneath the headlines about China and Russia lies a simpler truth: if the United States wants resilient supply chains, stable energy markets, and effective…
Sixty miles east of Lagos, the Lekki Deep Sea Port gleams as a symbol of modern maritime logistics. With its massive ship-to-shore cranes and capacity to handle 1.2 million containers annually, it is Nigeria’s first true deep-water port, designed to…