Africa Center Commentary & Analysis

Through high-level relationships and a track record of well-respected analysis, the Africa Center speaks directly to the stakeholders who matter, shaping policy on the foremost issues of this dynamic continent.

New Atlanticist

Apr 9, 2012

Malawi Gets Another Chance

By Peter Pham

Malawi became the latest African country to escape from a dangerous downward spiral when, on Saturday evening, Vice President Joyce Banda was able to take the oath of office as president in succession to the late and unlamented Bingu wa Mutharika. Now the international community which, although it had largely severed ties to the deceased […]

Briefing and Discussion on Somali Piracy and Militancy with Stig Jarle Hansen

Event Recap

Apr 6, 2012

Briefing and Discussion on Somali Piracy and Militancy with Stig Jarle Hansen

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a breakfast briefing and discussion today on Somali piracy and militancy with noted expert Stig Jarle Hansen, Head of the International Relations Program at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) in Ås.

Maritime Security Security & Defense
Counter-Piracy Task Force: Lessons Learned From Naval Counter-Piracy Operations

Event Recap

Apr 4, 2012

Counter-Piracy Task Force: Lessons Learned From Naval Counter-Piracy Operations

By Adrienne Chuck

On April 4, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the fourth meeting in a series of discussions looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.

Maritime Security Security & Defense

Event Recap

Apr 3, 2012

Luncheon Colloquium on Africa Strategy with Lieutenant-General Jean-Paul Perruche

By Adrienne Chuck

On April 3, the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center organized a luncheon colloquium today for Lieutenant-General (ret.) Jean-Paul Perruche, research director for Euro-Atlantic security at the French Ministry of Defense’s Institute for Strategic Research-École Militaire (IRSEM) and a member of Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group, and Maya Kandel, research fellow at IRSEM.

Africa France

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2012

The mess in Mali

By J. Peter Pham

In less than two weeks, the West African nation of Mali has gone from being a rare oasis of democracy and stability to a near failed state whose troubles threaten to ripple across the Sahel where the security situation, always delicate even in the best of times, is especially stressed in the wake of the […]

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

Event Recap

Mar 29, 2012

Building Capabilities to Sustain Growth: A Conversation with H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda

By Adrienne Chuck

On March 29, 2012 the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, for a roundtable luncheon discussion with senior policy makers and opinion leaders at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC.

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2012

Senegal’s Election: What’s at Stake

By Peter Pham

Senegal has long enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as something of an exception to the depressing cycle of poor governance, economic mismanagement, military intervention, and flawed strongmen that characterized politics in much of post-independence Africa. Recently, however, a not insignificant bit of that West African country’s luster has been lost, thanks in large part to the […]

Event Recap

Mar 6, 2012

US Air Forces Africa Briefing with General Margaret Woodward

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted Major General Margaret H. Woodward, Commander of the 17th Air Force and US Air Forces Africa, for a briefing on her command’s core priorities and future concerns in the continent.

Africa United States and Canada

Event Recap

Mar 5, 2012

Ansari Africa Center Co-Sponsors International Dialogue on the Economic Dimension of Peacebuilding

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center joined the Brenthurst Foundation, the British Peace Support Training Team, and the RAND Corporation to sponsor an international dialogue on The Economic Dimension of Peacebuilding, which took place March 2-4 at the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa.

South Africa

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2012

The Wrong Somalia Conference

By Peter Pham

British Prime Minister David Cameron is hosting a major international conference tomorrow involving senior representatives of some forty countries and multilateral organizations. The agenda that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has laid out for the conferees is ambitious, to say the least: the mandarins of Whitehall are giving themselves all of five hours to get […]

Somalia
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