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2008-2009 International Affairs Fellow in Residence
Bronwyn Bruton, a democracy and governance specialist with extensive experience in Africa, is an international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She was born in Swaziland and spent most of her childhood in Botswana. Prior to her fellowship appointment, Bronwyn spent three years at the National Endowment for Democracy, where she managed a $7-million portfolio of grants to local and international nongovernmental organizations in east and southern Africa (priority countries included Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Sudan). Ms. Bruton has also served as a program manager on the Africa team of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Transition Initiatives, as a policy analyst on the international affairs and trade team of the Government Accountability Office, and as a program officer at the Center for International Private Enterprise.
Ms. Bruton holds an MPP, with honors, from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired.
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November 5, 2009
Audio
Listen to Bronwyn E. Bruton, international affairs fellow in residence at CFR, discuss her recent Foreign Affairs article, "In the Quicksands of Somalia," with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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August 6, 2009
Expert Brief
CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the U.S.-Ethiopia security partnership is undermining U.S. counterterror goals in Somalia. If the United States hopes to play a constructive role in Somalia, it must address democracy backsliding in Ethiopia, she says.
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April 14, 2009
Interview
CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the United States will not be able to end piracy in Somalia by using force and should take a modest approach that avoids grand schemes to reconstruct the government.
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April 13, 2009
Podcast
CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the United States should avoid grand schemes in its attempts to fight piracy in Somalia.
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November 12, 2008
Article
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Bronwyn Bruton considers U.S. - Somalian relations with the world's status quo.
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