The Trouble with the Congo

Session 1, The Failure of International Peacebuilding
The session showcases USIP Peace Scholar, Severine Autesserre’s new book, “The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding.”

Speakers (Listed in order of appearance)

• Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
  Associate Vice President, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Séverine Autesserre
  Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University;
  USIP Peace Scholar (2004-2005); Author of The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding, (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
• Raymond Gilpin
  AAssociate Vice President, Sustainable Economies, Centers of Innovation, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Christine Karumba
  Democratic Republic of Congo Country Director, Women for Women International
  

Explore Further

• Read Séverine Autesserre’s remarks (coming soon)
• Watch video from session two of "The Trouble with the Congo"
• Learn more about the Women and War Conference
• Learn more about the Gender and Peacebuilding Initiative