Infrastructure is key, but also how it's used, and that's political.

Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.

Aid makes itself superfluous if it is working well. Good aid takes care to provide functioning structures and good training that enables the recipient country to later get by without foreign aid. Otherwise, it is bad aid.

The West has institutions that can punish the misconduct of individuals. What drove Rwanda and Africa into decline was the fact that certain people weren't held accountable. When we move to make corrupt mayors or officers answer to the courts, people always immediately say that we are repressive. But should we allow these people to continue to get away with it?

Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.