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A panel discussion on the institutional, political and developmental challenges and opportunities facing South Sudan as it secedes from Sudan and becomes the world's newest country on July 9, 2011. In 2005, the region emerged from a 20-year civil war with the north that killed 2 million southerners. Major policy-making challenges ahead include determining how to share oil wealth and drawing national borders with the north; maintaining national peace and security; promoting economic development; and building an inclusive democratic government for ethnically diverse South Sudanese.
When: Wednesday, April 13, 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: Founders Hall 111, George Mason University Arlington Campus (Virginia Square Metro--Orange Line)
Panelists will be the Hon. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, Head of Mission of the Government of Southern Sudan to the USA; Dr. Jack Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. professor and GMU Center for Global Policy director; and Dr. Terrence Lyons, associate professor of conflict resolution, ICAR.