Africa

Somalia: Beyond the Famine

By Peter Pham

Today Somalia is not only the world’s most spectacular case of a failed state—it has, after all, been more than twenty years since the benighted land has had anything resembling a central government—but, thanks to the worst drought in six decades, it is what the United Nations refugee agency has described as the “worst humanitarian […]

Africa in the 21st Century and the Next Chapter in U.S.-Africa Relations

On June 6, 2011, the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, at the Atlantic Council. President Bongo gave a keynote speech in which he discussed the changing face of Africa in the 21st century, highlighting especially the reforms which have helped make Gabon an emerging country, […]

Second Annual Members’ Conference – The Race with China for Energy in Africa: What are the implications?

Summary of the breakout conversation “The Race with China for Energy in Africa: What are the implications?” at the 2010 Annual Members’ Conference. Participants: Martin Kimani, Acting Director, Atlantic Council Michael S. Ansari Africa Center Richard Lawson, Chairman, Energy and Environment Program, Atlantic Council George Moose, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Moderated […]

Beyond Piracy: Maritime Security and Safety Challenges

By Derek Reveron

For the last year, piracy in East Africa has captured the world’s attention, as evidenced by the more than a dozen countries’ warships deployed to the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin. This includes unprecedented out-of-area naval deployments for the European Union, NATO, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. In spite of this, naval […]