Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal is the executive director of the World Peace Foundation. His book, New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and Its Alternatives is published by Polity this month.

Articles by Alex de Waal

A medical worker closes an ambulance’s doors.

‘War on Disease’ Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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Alex de Waal

June 13, 2021, 7:22 AM

Eritrean soldiers wait in line to cross the border to attend a reopening ceremony with Ethiopia in Serha, Eritrea, on Sept. 11, 2018.

From Pariah to Kingmaker

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Alex de Waal

March 3, 2021, 11:55 AM

Members of a military band attend an event to honor Ethiopia’s national defense forces in Addis Ababa, on Nov. 17.

Violence in Ethiopia Doesn’t Stay There

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Alex de Waal

November 19, 2020, 1:17 PM

A boy living in a derelict building damaged during the Angolan civil war is seen through a hole in Kuito, in Angola’s Bie province, on June 2.

Africa’s ‘Civil Wars’ Are Regional Nightmares

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Alex de Waal

October 22, 2019, 2:14 PM

Sudanese protesters demand civilian rule in Omdurman on June 29.

From Camel Herder to Dictator

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Alex de Waal

July 2, 2019, 12:51 PM

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How Climate Change Fuels Global Hunger

Expanding State Power Still Tops Xi’s Agenda

Lebanon’s Surprisingly Promising Election

Beijing’s ‘Slow-Motion Lockdown’

Alex de Waal

‘War on Disease’ Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

From Pariah to Kingmaker

Violence in Ethiopia Doesn’t Stay There

Africa’s ‘Civil Wars’ Are Regional Nightmares

From Camel Herder to Dictator

How Climate Change Fuels Global Hunger

Expanding State Power Still Tops Xi’s Agenda

Lebanon’s Surprisingly Promising Election

Beijing’s ‘Slow-Motion Lockdown’

The False Promise of Europeanization