Alden Young

Alden Young is an associate professor of history and global affairs at Yale University. He was a 2021-22 Berggruen Institute Fellow.


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July 17, 2025
Why has Africa, long imagined as riven by ethnic and tribal conflict, preserved the arbitrary borders and multiethnic states it inherited from European colonial powers?
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April 7, 2022
The conversation about climate change needs to shift from simply reducing carbon emissions to ensuring that developing nations can take part in a diversified green econ...
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March 8, 2022
Contemporary Afro-pessimist intellectuals see no shared identity that can serve as the basis for solidarity between Africans and African...