In June 2023, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jonathon Braga met with Niger’s Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou at Air Base 101, a site bolstered by $158 million in U.S. arms sales since 2017. Just weeks later, General Barmou led a military coup that ousted Niger’s democratically elected president, reportedly using U.S.-provided weapons. Sub-Saharan Africa is… Read more »
Entries by Darby FitzSimmons
Don’t Fear the Code
While taking V491, I realized I would need to use quantitative methods for my research. This was intimidating. I’ve never been one to willingly take math classes and didn’t know my way around a computer. I was steeling myself to pivot mid-semester if everything fell apart due to my lack of coding skills. That didn’t… Read more »