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Thursday, October 29, 2009

My remarks on the Horn of Africa at a conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Academy of Diplomacy

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East Africa and the Horn

  • Outside Powers Vie for Influence in Red Sea Region (27 November 2020)
  • Red Sea Security (May 2020 podcast)
  • Competition in the Red Sea: Perspectives from the African Side (Remarks on 7 March 2019)
  • Red Sea Region and U.S. Interests (USIP interview 19 December 2018)
  • The Political Crisis in Ethopia (Remarks by David Shinn at panel during African Studies Association conference in Washington on 3 December 2016)
  • Challenges to US Diplomacy: Dealing with Terrorism and Instability in the Horn of Africa (Remarks at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Annandale, Virginia on 13 October 2015)
  • Neither Desperate Nor Stronger: The Adaptation of Al Shabaab (E-International Relations 3 July 2015)
  • Somalia, Al-Shabaab, the Region and U.S. Policy (Remarks at William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA on 8 April 2015)
  • US Policy in the Horn of Africa (Remarks at GWU Institute for Global and International Studies in October 2014)
  • U.S.Policy in the Horn of Africa (Paper delivered in Moscow in May 2014 at 13th International Conference of Africanists)
  • Ethiopia: Muslim-Christian Relations (Remarks at Bolling Air Force Base on 16 January 2014)
  • Time to Bring Eritrea in from the Cold (posted on African Arguments on 13 January 2014)
  • Somalia: Origin, Development and Future of AMISOM (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota on 19 October 2013)
  • Al-Shabaab in the Aftermath of the Attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall (Published by eInternationalRelations on 10 October 2013)
  • eInternationalRelations on 10 October 2013) U.S. Security Policy in East Africa and the Horn (Published in World Politics Review on 20 February 2013)
  • People to People and Ethiopian Healthcare (Remarks made at symposium hosted by People to People at the University of Kentucky on 27 November 2012)
  • Somalia: Security, AMISOM, Governance, Al-Shabaab and the Future (Commentary on e-International Relations 26 September 2012)
  • Somalia, Somaliland and the US Dual Track Policy (18 May 2012 Somaliland Conference at Hilton Dulles Hotel in Virginia)
  • International Efforts to Counter Al-Shabaab (e-International Relations website, 20 February 2012)
  • Al-Shabaab and Somalia in the 21st Century (Jan. 2012, New York City)
  • East Africa and the Horn (Chapter 4 of Al-Qaida after Ten Years of War published by Marine Corps University Press in 2011)
  • Republic of South Sudan: Statehood and the Challenges Ahead (PowerPoint presentation delivered in Italy, Oct. 27, 2011
  • Somali Youth radicalization (French and English versions, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gazette, Vol. 73, No. 2, 2011)
  • U.S. Policy towards the Horn of Africa (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sept. 30, 2011)
  • A Proposed US Regional Strategy towards the Horn of Africa: Conflict Resolution at Local and Regional Levels (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 7 September, 2011)
  • Water and Security in Africa (Hosted by U.S. State Department, AFRICOM, Arlington, Va., July 21-22, 2011)
  • Challenges Facing Somalia (House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, July 7, 2011)
  • Sudan - Rule of Law Deployments (Hosted by Walker Institute, University of South Carolina, Coumbia, S.C., 1 July, 2011)
  • Revolutionary Winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful Thinking? (University Club, Washington, D.C., 10 June, 2011)
  • Al Shabaab's Foreign Threat to Somalia (Orbis, Vol. 55, Issue 2, 2011, pages 203-215)
  • Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab and Somalia (Selfridge Air National Guard, Mount Clemens, Mich., Feb. 15, 2011)
  • Somalia: Promoting Peace and Preventing Youth Radicalization (Canadian Friends of Somalia conference, Ottawa, Dec. 6-7, 2010)
  • Interview (Awramba Times, Dec. 1, 2010)
  • Al-Shabaab tries to take control in Somalia (Foreign Policy Research Institute, Nov., 2010)
  • Libyan policy in the Horn of Africa (Center for Naval Analyses, Oct. 25, 2010)
  • Remarks to Somali Transitional Federal Government Members of Parliament (Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, June 24, Washington, D.C.)
  • Somalia and the International Community: Facing Reality (9th Horn of Africa Conference Focus on Somalia, June 4, Lund, Sweden)
  • United States-Somali Relations: Local, National and International Dimensions (Center for African Studies, Ohio State University, April 26, 2010)
  • A Vision for the Horn of Africa (Advocacy for Ethiopia, Ethiopian National Priorities Consultative Process, Virginia, April 9, 2010)
  • Challenges to Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa (World Affairs Council of N. California, March 12, 2010)
  • Ways to Contribute to the Future of Ethiopia (Ethiopian American Youth Initiative, Ethiopian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 2010)
  • The Intensity, Spread and Economics of Somali Piracy (Controlling Maritime Piracy, Harvard Kennedy School, Dec. 10-12, 2009)
  • Al-Shabaab and the Future of Somalia (Jamestown Foundation conference, National Press Club, Dec. 9, 2009)
  • Ethiopian Armed Groups (The Future of Armed Groups in Africa, conference hosted by State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and U.S. Africa Command, Germany, Nov. 13-14, 2009)
  • Remarks on the Horn of Africa (Conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Academy of Diplomacy, Oct. 29, 2009, Washington, D.C.)
  • Somalia: Rise of Piracy and Maritime Insecurity (Maritime Piracy Summit 2009, Virginia, Sept. 22, 2009)
  • Testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Hearing on Sudan, July 30, 2009, PDF format)
  • Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia (Somali piracy conference hosted by the National Maritime Intelligence Center and the Office of Naval Intelligence, April 7, 2009)
  • Somalia’s New Government and the Challenge of Al-Shabab (PDF file, CTC Sentinel, March 2009)
  • Horn of Africa: Priorities and Recommendations (Hearing before the House Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Committee on Appropriations, March 12, 2009)
  • Implications of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa (at Horn of Africa Conference - VII, Sweden, October 2008)
  • Evaluating U.S. Policy Objectives and Options on the Horn of Africa (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 11 March 2008)
  • Ethiopia and Sudan: Conflict and Cooperation in the Nile Valley (chapter in Narrating the Nile: Politics, Identities, Cultures, 2008)
  • Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace (Joint Summit of European Parliament and US House of Representatives, 8 July 2007)
  • Al-Qaeda in East Africa and the Horn (Journal of Conflict Studies, Summer 2007)
  • Exploring a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Counterterrorism Strategy for Somalia (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 6 February 2007)
  • Somalia: Regional Involvement and Implications for US Policy (Paper presented on 4 October 2006 to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C.)
  • Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (July 2006)
  • Somalia: U.S. Government Policy and Challenges (before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 11 July 2006)
  • Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin (Power Point at Los Alamos National Laboratory on March 16, 2006)
  • Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin (Presentation at Los Alamos National Laboratory on March 16, 2006)
  • Somaliland: The Little Country that Could (CSIS Africa Notes, Nov. 2004)
  • Fighting Terrorism in East Africa and the Horn (Foreign Service Journal, Sept. 2004)

Miscellaneous

  • Non-Regional Actors in Red Sea Basin (Remarks made in Amman, Jordan, on 27 April 2019)
  • Five Second Tier Non-Western External Actors in Africa (21 May 2018)
  • Economic Diplomacy and Africa's Foreign Partners: Focus on the United States and China (Presentation at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, on 27 June 2017)
  • The Indian Ocean and Deep Seabed Mining (Posted on Young Diplomats website 3 February 2017)
  • China's WTO Compliance: The US Reaction (China Policy Institute posting on 14 November 2016)
  • Poverty and Terrorism in Africa (Article in the 2016 summer/fall issue of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
  • Turkey-Africa Relations (Remarks at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Arlington, Virginia on 31 Oct. 2016)
  • Africa's Changing Partnerships over the Next Decade (Remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on 7 June 2016)
  • Hizmet in Africa (Presentation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 19 May 2016 at an international conference on the Gulen Movement)
  • Turkey-Africa Relations 2016 (Remarks at the Turkish-American Cultural Center in Madison, Wisconsin on 3 March 2016)
  • Turkey-Sub-Sahara Africa Relations (Paper published in September 2015 by Chatham House and presented in Istanbul)
  • Africa: The Good, the Bad, and the Future (Remarks at Yakima Rotary Club on 23 July 2015)
  • BRICS and Africa (Remarks made to the next generation of African security leaders on 19 March 2013)
  • Les pays BRICS et l'Afrique (Remarks made to the next generation of African security leaders on 19 March 2013)
  • African Union Peace Operations (Remarks at national security seminar at George Washington University on 7 December 2012)
  • Tolerance or War (Commentary distributed by Project Syndicate on 7 December 2012)
  • Emerging Powers in Africa Update (Remarks on 13 September 2012 at the National Defense University in Washington)
  • Turkey and the Horn of Africa (Remarks at Chatham House in London on 28 June 2012)
  • Ethics and Foreign Affairs (5 June 2012 Q and A with Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs)
  • Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks on 4 May 2012 at the National Defense University in Washington)
  • Water Crisis in Africa (Remarks at GWU on 9 April 2012)
  • Water and Security in Africa (Remarks at US State Department/AFRICOM Conference in Arlington, VA on 21-22 July 2011)
  • French Translation of Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks at National Defense University in Washington on 15 June 2011)
  • Portuguese Translation of Emerging Powers in Africa (Remarks at National Defense University in Washington on 15 June 2011)
  • Democracy in Africa (Q and A with Journalist on 5 December 2010)
  • African Refugees and Immigrants (Remarks to Ethiopian Community Development Council on 3 May 2010)
  • Palestine - Visit to Nablus and Samaritan Community (Brief account of 22 June 2010 visit)
  • Palestine - Visit to Gaza (Account of 20-21 June 2010 visit to Gaza)
  • Palestine - Visit to Hebron (Brief account of 13 June 2010 visit)
  • US Policy Themes in Sub-Saharan Africa (Published by the Elliott School of International Affairs in 2004)

China-Africa Web Sites

  • Africa Files
  • African Economic Research Consortium
  • Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University
  • Chatham House
  • China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • CSIS Africa Policy Forum
  • Forest Trends
  • Forum on China Africa Cooperation
  • French-language site
  • German Development Institute
  • Hong Kong Center on China’s Transnational Relations
  • Institute for Security Studies
  • Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
  • International Rivers
  • Jamestown Foundation China Brief
  • Open Democracy
  • Pambazuka News China-Africa Watch
  • Power and Interest News Report
  • South African Institute for International Affairs
  • The Brenthurst Foundation
  • Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
  • UCLA Globalization Research Center – Africa
  • UK Department for International Development
  • University of Brussels

Horn of Africa Web Sites

  • Addis Standard
  • Association for Higher Education and Development
  • Daily Nation (Kenya)
  • Ethio Forum (news)
  • Ethio Media
  • Ethio.com (news)
  • Ethiopian Economic Association
  • Ethiopian Government News Agency
  • Ethiopian Institute for Non-Violence Education and Peace Studies
  • Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party (opposition party)
  • Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ethiopian Parliament
  • Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (ruling party's Web site)
  • Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (opposition party)
  • Ethiopian Recycler (blog)
  • Ethiopian Review
  • Food Security and Nutriton Analysis Unit, Somalia
  • Forum for Social Studies
  • Global Policy Forum - Ethiopia and Eritrea
  • Horn Affairs
  • Information on Southern Ethiopia
  • Jimma Times
  • MediaETHIOPIA (news service)
  • National Archives and Library of Ethiopia
  • Nazret.com Ethiopian News Portal
  • Network of Ethiopian Muslims
  • Official Site of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia
  • Ogaden National Liberation Front (opposition party)
  • Ogaden Online (Somali and English language news with a focus on Somali issues in Ethiopia)
  • Ogadeni National Liberation Front
  • Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (opposition party)
  • Oromo Liberation Front
  • People to People
  • SomaliaReport (Media MONITOR)
  • Standard (Kenya)
  • The Ethiopian American
  • The Fistula Foundation
  • The Sidama Concern
  • Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (opposition party)
  • UN Political Office (Somalia)
  • UNICEF
  • Walta Information Center (news service)

General Web Sites for Africa

  • Accord
  • Africa Intelligence
  • African Development Bank
  • African Union
  • allAfrica.com
  • Amnesty International
  • Arab League
  • Boston University African Studies Center
  • British Broadcasting Company
  • Center for Global Development
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Chiefs of state and cabinet members
  • CIA World Factbook
  • CNN
  • Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa
  • Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center
  • Council of Foreign Relations
  • East African Community
  • Enough
  • Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network
  • Harvard University Committee on African Studies
  • Human Rights Watch Africa
  • Indiana University African Studies Program
  • Institute for Security Studies
  • Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) Africa
  • Intergovernmental Authority on Development
  • International Boundaries Research Unit
  • International Crisis Group
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International Resources Group
  • Library of Congress Country Studies series
  • Life and Peace Institute Horn of Africa Bulletin
  • Massive bibliography on Africa
  • Michigan State University African Studies Center
  • Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation
  • National Defense University Africa Center for Strategic Studies
  • National Endowment for Democracy
  • News about Africa
  • Nile Basin Initiative
  • Northwestern University African Studies Program
  • Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Organization of the Islamic Conference
  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • Program on International Policy Attitudes
  • Relief Web
  • Relief Web
  • The Carter Center
  • The George Washington University Africa Center for Health and Human Security
  • Thomsen Reuters Foundation
  • Transparency International
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
  • U.S. government press releases
  • U.S. State Department
  • UCLA African Studies Center
  • UN Development Programme
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations
  • University of Florida Center for African Studies
  • University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
  • University of Wisconsin African Studies Program
  • US Institute of Peace
  • Woodrow Wilson Center
  • World Bank
  • World Food Programme