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May 9, 2008
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Daily Analysis
As the humanitarian crisis in Somalia deepens, experts see bleak prospects for reconciliation talks between the transitional government and the Islamist opposition.
See more in Somalia, International Peace and Security, Terrorism
November 20, 2007
Samuel Assefa, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the United States interviewed by Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor
Interview
Ethiopia’s U.S. ambassador says his government needs more international help in securing Somalia and is wrongly blamed by Congress for rights abuses.
See more in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Democracy and Human Rights, Nation Building, International Organizations, International Peace and Security, Peacekeeping, Congress, Foreign Aid
October 9, 2007
| Author: | Jeffrey Gettleman |
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Must Read
This article examines the divisions among Eritrea's population as their goverment prepares for war with Ethiopia.
See more in International Peace and Security, Conflict Prevention
September 2007
| Author: | Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University |
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Academic Module
This module features teaching notes by George Mason University professor Terrence Lyons, author of Avoiding Conflict in the Horn of Africa, along with other resources to supplement the text. In the report, Lyons presents a full picture of what is going on in the Horn of Africa and suggests what the United States needs to do to address the multiple challenges to stability.
See more in International Peace and Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 17, 2007
| Author: | Scott S. Johnson |
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Must Read
This article discusses the roles of AFRICOM in fighting the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa.
See more in International Peace and Security, Terrorism
September 12, 2007
| Author: | Jason McLure |
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Must Read
This article discusses the U.S. military's strategies to fight terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
See more in Terrorism, Terrorism and the Economy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
August 22, 2007
Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Terrence Lyons, an expert on the Horn of Africa, says despite U.S. concerns about al-Qaeda, it is local rivalries driving conflicts in Somalia and elsewhere in the region.
See more in Eritrea, Somalia, Peacemaking, Terrorism, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Updated: August 28, 2007
Daily Analysis
Ethiopia is a staunch U.S. ally in the Horn of Africa. But its domestic policies raise questions about the wisdom of the partnership.
See more in Ethiopia, Somalia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 27, 2007
| Author: | Thomas Barnett |
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Must Read
A few years ago, with little fanfare, the United States opened a base in the horn of Africa to kill or capture Al Qaeda fighters. By 2012, the Pentagon will have two dozen such forts. The story of Africa Command, the American military's new frontier outpost.
See more in United States, Counterterrorism
Updated: November 1, 2007
| Authors: | Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor |
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Backgrounder
A profile of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a separatist group operating in eastern Ethiopia.
See more in Ethiopia, Somalia, Energy, Society and Culture
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Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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