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 House
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Council on Foreign Relations
January 15, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Rwanda: The Promise and the Dilemmas
Speaker: Stephen Kinzer, Author
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Council on Foreign Relations
November 10, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Land Reform in South Africa: Political and Economic Realities
Speaker: Ann Bernstein, Executive Director, Centre for Development and Enterprise
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
September 3, 2008
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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 Africa
June 26, 2008
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 Relations
Speaker: Walter Traub Gwenigale, Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Nigeria
June 13, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Sudan: Can it Be Saved?
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: 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 Council
March 27, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Post-Conflict Transformation: The Keys to Success
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Howard Wolpe, Director, Africa Program and Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
February 13, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Planning for Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Presider: J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Knox Chitiyo, Head, Africa Programme, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
December 4, 2007
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 Relations
Speaker: Robert I. Rotberg, President, World Peace Foundation
October 16, 2007
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 Relations
Speaker: Morgan Tsvangirai, President, Movement for Democratic Change, Repubilc of Zimbabwe
October 12, 2007
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