Analysis
Briefs, updates and political-risk notes on the US-DRC Strategic Partnership. Published weekly. Open pieces are free; subscriber briefs show a preview.
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Update 21 Aug 2026
Kabila v. OFAC | Political Risk Note
The Sanctions Architecture of the Washington Accords Faces Its First Courtroom Test with Joseph Kabila, sanctioned by the US Treasury on April 30, 2026 for material…
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Dossier 21 Aug 2026
Strategic Asset Reserve
The definitive living file on the SAR: mandate drafting, qualification criteria, allocation politics and every operator in contention.
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Dossier 21 Aug 2026
Security & Regional Stability
The security conditions the partnership rests on, from the eastern provinces to cross-border exposure.
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Dossier 21 Aug 2026
Grand Inga & Power
Generation capacity, transmission commitments and the energy dependency underwriting the corridor.
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Dossier 21 Aug 2026
Governance Reform Program
The reform calendar, milestone by milestone, with compliance tracking and the actors accountable for each.
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Dossier 21 Aug 2026
The Washington Accords
Ratification, implementation and the hundred-day test. The complete record of the instrument at the center of the partnership.
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Update 18 Aug 2026
The DRC Tripled Its List of Strategic Minerals. Seven Things to Know.
In May 2026, the Council of Ministers adopted a decree adding six more. Three to nine, in one act yet most coverage reported the royalty. The…
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Analysis 17 Aug 2026
The Congolese People Have Made the Choice. Kinshasa’s Hedge Now Has a Paper Trail.
Two months after 56 percent of Congolese conditionally endorsed the American bargain, the treaty they priced sits adopted, unpromulgated, and overtaken on both sides of the…
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Analysis 17 Aug 2026
Fifty-Four House Democrats Read the Congo Deal. The Clause That Answers Them Is on Page Nine.
The 17 August letter is right where it has been doubted, wrong where it is most confident, and blind to the provision that would have made…
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Update 4 Aug 2026
Two Atlantic Export Architectures for Congolese Minerals. Only One Is in the Treaty.
Washington is financing a route through Angola. Abu Dhabi is signing terms for terminals on the Congolese coast. The obligations and the capacity are moving in…
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Dossier 24 Jul 2026
The Lobito Corridor: the Congolese segment
Meta Title: Lobito Corridor Analysis: Central Africa Impact Report
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Analysis 23 Jul 2026
Kinshasa’s 9 Billion Dollar Gamble: The DRC Between the US and China
The DRC used a 9 billion dollar US mining deal to extract a Chinese trade concession. But the Orion-Glencore MOU cannot close, and Kinshasa's leverage has…
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