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The Africa Program and Leadership Project are pleased to invite you to the Wilson Center on:
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
9:30am-11:00am
5th Floor Conference Room
Featuring: | Daniel Kebede Southern Voices African Research Scholar, The Wilson Center
Melanie Greenberg President, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Terrence Lyons Associate Professor, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University |
Moderator: | Steve McDonald Senior Advisor, Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, The Wilson Center |
It has been just over one year since the Somalia Federal Government took over from the Transitional Federal Government, marking the end of “transition” in Somalia. However, there are still a number of challenges and potential opportunities for Somalia in the near and longer-term future that will require attention if the state is to see stability, and economic and development progress.
This discussion will bring together a distinguished group of panelists who will provide an in-depth analysis of the current security and development situation in Somalia. Daniel Kebede, Southern Voices African Research Scholar with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program and PhD candidate at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies in Ethiopia, will focus his remarks on the securitization of peacebuilding in Somalia, including the role of al-Shabaab. Melanie Greenberg, President of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, will discuss development objectives, goals, and potential impediments to success of the newly implemented pilot program for Somalia under the New Deal framework.Terrence Lyons will provide a regional perspective and look at how the issues in Somalia are affected by and affect its neighboring states, and what that means for the United States when developing regional and state policies and programs. Steve McDonald, Senior Advisor to the Africa Program and Leadership Project at The Wilson Center, will moderate the discussion.
Coffee and pastries will be served.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line). A map to the Center is available at WilsonCenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security. |
Media guests, including TV crews, are welcome and should RSVP directly to [email protected]. Media bringing heavy electronics MUST indicate this in their response so they may be cleared through our building security and allowed entrance. Please err toward responding if you would like to attend. |