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Power Problems • April 2, 2018 

# Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror 

Today Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall discuss the expansion of the U.S. war on terror into Africa with Bronwyn Bruton from the Atlantic Council.

- Guest Bio: [Bronwyn Bruton](http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/bronwyn-bruton)
- Bronwyn Bruton, “[Ethiopia: In the Eye of the Storm](http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/ethiopia-in-the-eye-of-the-storm)”
- *U.S. News and World Report*, “[Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? Everywhere](https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-12/us-counterterrorism-forces-are-active-in-many-more-places-than-you-know)”

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### Bronwyn Bruton