Roundtable Series on Africa Policy Issues
Director: J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies
October 2007 - Present
This series will meet periodically in New York during the 2007-2008 programming year, seeking to examine the issues facing the African continent and the U.S. policy makers dealing with it. Particular attention will be given to the evolving crisis in Zimbabwe, a discussion with Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer, Africa as an emerging market for capital flows, and the expanding role of the U.S. military in our Africa policy.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Securing Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Speakers:
Edward Thomas, Chatham House, Alex Vines, Chatham HousePresider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Rwanda: The Promise and the Dilemmas
Speaker:
Stephen Kinzer, AuthorPresider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Ann Bernstein, Executive Director, Centre for Development and EnterprisePresider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
12:30-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Prophets of Africa's Renaissance-Nigeria and South Africa
Speakers:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations, Adekeye Adebajo, Executive Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South AfricaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Liberia: Rebuilding the Social Contract in a Post-Conflict Society
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Walter Traub Gwenigale, Minister for Health and Social Welfare, NigeriaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Sudan: Can it Be Saved?
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Andrew S. Natsios, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and Adviser on International Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Alex de Waal, Program Director, HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation, Emergencies and Humanitarian Action, Social Science Research CouncilThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Post-Conflict Transformation: The Keys to Success
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Howard Wolpe, Director, Africa Program and Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Planning for Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Knox Chitiyo, Head, Africa Programme, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Strengthening African Governance: A Presentation of the Results of the First Index of African Governance
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Robert I. Rotberg, President, World Peace FoundationThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Discussion of the Crisis in Zimbabwe with Morgan Tsvangirai
Presider:
J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Morgan Tsvangirai, President, Movement for Democratic Change, Repubilc of ZimbabweThis meeting is not for attribution.
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