September 12–14, 2018
Washington, D.C.
Presented by:
- Daniel Hampton (Slides)
Presented by Dr. Dorina Bekoe
Recommended Reading:
- Julia Bello-Schünemann et al. 2017. “African Futures: Key Trends to 2035.” Institute for Security Studies, Policy Brief 105.
- Lars Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, & Julian Wucherpfennig. 2018. “Grievances, Accommodation, and the Decline of Ethnic Violence,” January 24. Political Violence at a Glance.
- Paul D. Williams. 2017. “Continuity and Change in War and Conflict in Africa.” Prism, vol 6 (4): 33-46.
Presented by:
Recommended Reading:
- Lauren Hutton. 2018. “Blurring the Lines: Ethnicity, Governance, and Stability in South Sudan,” (May 29). Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
- Katherine Almquist Knopf. 2016. “Ending South Sudan’s Civil War.” Council on Foreign Relations (November).
- Peter Knoope & Stephen Buchanan-Clarke. 2017. “Central African Republic: A Conflict Misunderstood.” (April 13).
- Souleymane Coulibaly et al. 2018. “Central African Republic Economic Update: Breaking the Cycle of Conflict and Instability” (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Chapter 2.
Plenary 3 – Violent Extremism: Somalia and the Sahel
Presented by:
- Dr. Benjamin Nickels (Slides)
- Ms. Corinne Dufka
Recommended Reading:
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies, “AMISOM’s Hard Earned Lessons in Somalia.” Spotlight. May 30, 2018.
- Anneli Botha and Madhi Abdile, “Radicalisation and al-Shabaab recruitment in Somalia,” ISS, Paper 266, September 2014.
- Catriona Craven-Matthews & Pierre Englebert (2018). “A Potemkin State in the Sahel? The Empirical and the Fictional in Malian State Reconstruction,” African Security, 11:1, 131, DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2017.1419634
- Louisa Waugh and Mana Farooghi, “The Treat us all like Jihadists” International Alert, December 2016.
Plenary 4 – Democratic Transitions and Governance
Presentation by Dr. Dorina Bekoe
Presentation by Dr. Joseph Siegle
Recommended Reading:
- Dorina Bekoe, “Preventing Electoral Violence: Greater Awareness, but Still Falling Short,” USIP Insights (Winter 2015): 5-7.
- Inken von Borzyskowski and Patrick Kuhn, “Does Election Violence make Citizens Hate Democracy and Love Autocracy? Evidence from 19 Sub-Saharan African Countries,” Election Violence Project, March 23, 2016.
- Robert Mattes and Michael Bratton, “Do Africans still want Democracy?” Afrobarometer Policy Paper, No. 36, November 2016.
Plenary 5 – Democratic Transitions and Governance
Presentation by Dr. Dorina Bekoe:
Presentation by Dr. Joseph Siegle:
Recommended Reading:
- Dorina Bekoe, “Preventing Electoral Violence: Greater Awareness, but Still Falling Short,” USIP Insights (Winter 2015): 5-7.
- Inken von Borzyskowski and Patrick Kuhn, “Does Election Violence make Citizens Hate Democracy and Love Autocracy? Evidence from 19 Sub-Saharan African Countries,” Election Violence Project, March 23, 2016.
- Robert Mattes and Michael Bratton, “Do Africans still want Democracy?” Afrobarometer Policy Paper, No. 36, November 2016.
Plenary 6 Democratic Transitions and Governance
Presented by:
Recommended Reading:
- Dorina Bekoe, “Preventing Electoral Violence: Greater Awareness, but Still Falling Short,” USIP Insights (Winter 2015): 5-7.
- Inken von Borzyskowski and Patrick Kuhn, “Does Election Violence make Citizens Hate Democracy and Love Autocracy? Evidence from 19 Sub-Saharan African Countries,” Election Violence Project, March 23, 2016.
- Robert Mattes and Michael Bratton, “Do Africans still want Democracy?” Afrobarometer Policy Paper, No. 36, November 2016.
Plenary 7 Democratic Transitions and Governance
Presentation by Dr. Dorina Bekoe:
Presentation by Dr. Joseph Siegle:
Recommended Reading:
- Dorina Bekoe, “Preventing Electoral Violence: Greater Awareness, but Still Falling Short,” USIP Insights (Winter 2015): 5-7.
- Inken von Borzyskowski and Patrick Kuhn, “Does Election Violence make Citizens Hate Democracy and Love Autocracy? Evidence from 19 Sub-Saharan African Countries,” Election Violence Project, March 23, 2016.
- Robert Mattes and Michael Bratton, “Do Africans still want Democracy?” Afrobarometer Policy Paper, No. 36, November 2016.
Plenary 8 Democratic Transitions and Governance
Presentation by Dr. Dorina Bekoe
Presentation by Dr. Joseph Siegle
Recommended Reading
- Dorina Bekoe, “Preventing Electoral Violence: Greater Awareness, but Still Falling Short,” USIP Insights (Winter 2015): 5-7.
- Inken von Borzyskowski and Patrick Kuhn, “Does Election Violence make Citizens Hate Democracy and Love Autocracy? Evidence from 19 Sub-Saharan African Countries,” Election Violence Project, March 23, 2016.
- Robert Mattes and Michael Bratton, “Do Africans still want Democracy?” Afrobarometer Policy Paper, No. 36, November 2016.