Somalia: Challenges for Renewed Engagement
A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and The Center for Strategic and International Studies
The conference will examine current developments in Somalia and the possibilities for greater U.S. and international engagement. Speakers will include a variety of Somalia experts from the region itself, distinguished policymakers, humanitarian representatives, and security analysts. Conference panels will include an examination of the current political and security situation, an assessment of humanitarian access and human rights, a roundtable on possibilities for "bottom-up" approaches, and options for U.S. and international engagement.
Keynote Speakers
- Russ Feingold, opening
U.S. Senator (D-WI) Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Africa Subcommittee - Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, luncheon
UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for Somalia
Additional Speakers
- Jabril Abdulle
Center for Research and Dialogue - Ken Menkhaus
Davidson College - Omar Farouk Osman
National Union of Somali Journalists - Abdi Samatar
University of Minnesota - Michael Weinstein
Purdue University
