political stability

Mirage has returned to Coeur d'Or, triumphant in battle, and ready to claim her rightful place as the Amber Empress, and resume her tentative romance with Sunder; but the city's people are afraid and not welcoming, somebody is trying to assassinate her, the previous empress, Severine, is in a coma and not as dead as Mirage would wish, and a distant cousin Gavin d'Ars has turned up with a rival claim to the throne--and in the turmoil all her alliances are beginning to fall apart.

Explores the contemporary issues relevant to building peace in West Africa.

Examines the positive economic shift in sub-Saharan Africa that became noticeable in 1997, through the beginning of the twenty-first century, and discusses the fragility of the upturn; and offers the reactions of nine experts on the author's insights.

Explores how the United States attempts to control the political and economic problems of the world have failed and endangered the American people, and argues that in order to create a safer world for everyone the government must completely rethink its approach to rogue nations and governments.