Todd Moss
Foreign Policy
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Todd:
Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong
Once again, the rich world sees Africans as a threat to the planet. → Read More
U.S. Policy Reponses to Zimbabwe’s Illusory Reforms
“Events since the election have only reinforced that pessimism. We have heard lots of rhetoric on democracy, national reconciliation, and economic reform. We can point to a few token gestures of change. But below the surface, very little, if any, meaningful structural change has occurred.” → Read More
Does Africa Have a Nuclear Power Future?
Africa’s energy deficits are well known. But it’s very rare to hear policymakers talk openly about nuclear power on the continent. → Read More
On-Grid or Off-Grid Electricity? African Consumers Say…We Want Both
In the push for electricity access in the developing world, many policymakers are trying to figure out where on-grid or off-grid solutions make the most sense. My new paper asks 39,000 consumers in 12 African countries about their energy use and demand. The big takeaway: African consumers don’t view grid versus off-grid as a binary question. → Read More
Mugabe Is a Goner, But His Looting Machine Is Here to Stay
Zimbabwe’s military didn’t topple the regime. It just restored the ruling party’s corrupt old guard to power. → Read More
Seven Ways the International Community Can Help Zimbabwe through Tough Times
Events are in tremendous flux in Zimbabwe after the non-coup committed by the military last week and the non-resignation by President Robert Mugabe on November 19. It’s not too early for the international community to start considering constructive steps to help the country get through the inevitable transition and back on a path to democracy and prosperity. → Read More
Energy in Africa Promotes US Economic and Security Interests
Todd Moss testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy at a hearing titled “Energy and International Development” on November 1, 2017. During his appearance before the Committee, Todd detailed how US efforts to expand… → Read More
The Digital Transformation and Disruptive Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for the Electricity Sector in African Markets
The rise of disruptive technologies is profoundly transforming systems of production and management across sectors and industries, but primarily in wealthy countries. This paper considers how disruptive technologies could help improve power sector reform and development in African markets. → Read More
The Trump Administration Budget Wants to Shut Down OPIC. Instead, Super-Size It.
The budget just released zeroes out the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the nation’s development finance institution. In an era where many government agencies are under threat, it may not be surprising that OPIC would come under fire. Yet, none of the arguments often used to justify killing off OPIC are logical. Here’s why. → Read More
How to Support Post-Dictator Recovery in the Gambia
In the Gambia, the newly elected Barrow administration has to rebuild the country which has been suffering autocratic repression and staggering corruption for 22 years. The Gambia is the only country in the region to have grown poorer over the past two decades. I lay out ways outsiders can help the Gambia recover. → Read More
Universal Basic Income: What Would Mahatma Gandhi Do?
Should India go for Universal Basic Income or not? This year's Economic Survey includes a thoughtful, cogent, and thorough discussion of the potential to replace India’s vast complex of subsidies and targeted in-kind benefits to the poor with a guaranteed cash transfer to all citizens. → Read More
Rapid Cuba thaw doesn't spell end of embargo: Column
The low-hanging fruit is gone and big uncomfortable questions about the island's future remain. → Read More
Well-Targeted Sanctions Remain a Useful US Policy Tool: The Case of Zimbabwe
Testimony on US Sanctions Policy in sub-Saharan Africa. CGD chief operating officer and senior fellow Todd Moss testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health at a hearing examining the utility of sanctions as an instrument for achieving US policy objectives in Africa. → Read More
The Good Lobbyist: "Choosing the Hero" Shows Us How Washington Can Work
Lobbyists. They’re everything that’s wrong about Washington DC. If that’s your perspective, then veteran lobbyist K. Riva Levinson’s new book will rock your world. → Read More
A Warning About Writing Novels That Ride the News Cycle
Thriller author Todd Moss discusses the pitfalls of using current events as the basis for a novel. → Read More
El Niño vs El Tío: What’s Causing Food Insecurity in Southern Africa?
The UN’s World Food Program now estimates that some three million Zimbabweans, or roughly one-quarter of the population, may require food aid this year. Zimbabwe is suffering from erratic rainfall this year, blamed in large part on the El Niño weather phenomena. An estimated 70% of Zimbabweans rely on agriculture, so the impact on poverty and human welfare will no doubt be severe. But in reading… → Read More
My Top Three Videos about Energy and Development: Rosling, Gates, and Pritzker
Energy is a colossal development issue, touching on virtually every aspect of human progress from health and education to job and wealth creation. Modern energy access got its own Sustainable Development Goal (#7). Here are my three all-time favorite videos about the power unleashed by delivering energy to people—and what we can do about it. → Read More
Qatar Claims No Migrant Workers Have Died for the World Cup. Could That Be True?
Allegations of corruption at the highest levels of FIFA has put the spotlight on the 2022 World Cup host's human rights record. → Read More
U.S.: Shiite Fighters in Iraq Are a Necessary, if Unlikely, Ally
America’s point man on the Islamic State maps a way forward after the fall of Ramadi. → Read More
‘I Can’t Believe I’ve Lost My Family’
The human costs of the Saudi Arabian-led bombing campaign in Yemen are immense. → Read More