Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
Seminar on possibilities for peace in central Africa
A brutal war in central Africa, which began with the genocide in Rwanda and spread to Burundi and the Congo, has raged for nine years, claiming more than 4 million lives. Recently, aggressive peacekeeping in northeastern Congo by a French-led multinational force and the United Nations, and the willingness of some of the warring factions in the Congo to put down their arms and come together in a transitional government, have raised hopes for peace. Join John Shattuck in a frank discussion of what must be done by the U.S. and the international community to advance the central African peace process and bring an end to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in half a century.
