EAST AFRICA
July 18, 2007
"Food Security, Agriculture, and Economic Growth: Opportunities for Cooperation between the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa"
Testimony
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Testimony of Calestous Juma before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Hearing on Food Security in Africa: The Impact of Agricultural Development
July 13, 2007
"Does the UN Still Matter?"
Op-Ed, The Financial Express, (India)
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"The UN is more an instrument of its member states than an independent actor in world politics."
July 4, 2007
Power to People: The Inside Story of AES and the Globalization of Electricity
Book
By Peter Grose, Former Associate, International Security Program, 2004–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1997–2004
Power to People is the story of electricity privatization, expanding global markets, and the transformation of an industry. It is also proof of the electrifying combination of innovation and good citizenship.
July 2007
"Power to the People"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, World Conservation, issue 2, volume 37
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Innovation can help secure the universal access to modern energy and sustainability that Africa so sorely needs, says Calestous Juma.
April 2007
"Military Interventions and the 'Lessons of Iraq'"
Journal Article, PS: Political Science and Politics, issue 2, volume XL
By Stephen Watts, Former Research Fellow and Associate, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2006-2007
"The disastrous invasion of Iraq has shed a stark light on the
limitations of military interventions. Much of the ensuing
skepticism is quite healthy. But there is a risk that 'the lessons
of Iraq' will be learnt to the exclusion of lessons that can be
drawn from the more than two dozen other interventions of the
post-Cold War era...."
Spring 2007
"Getting Religion? The Puzzling Case of Islam and Civil War"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 31
By Monica Duffy Toft, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy; Former Board Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Former Director, Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
This article argues that overlapping historical, geographical and, in particular, structural factors together with an absence of an internecine religious war, the proximity of Islam’s holiest sites to Israel, large petroleum reserves, and jihad account for Islam’s higher representation in civil wars.
March 16, 2007
"Regional Trade Blocs Hold Key to Technology Gains"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
The ongoing effort by the three East African countries to educate citizens on the benefits of an East African Federation represents an important step on the road to greater regional integration....
January 12, 2007
How a French-led Force Could Save Somalia
Op-Ed, Financial Times
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
To prevent Somalia from reverting to insecurity and warlordism, immediate, concerted action by the powers of Europe and the United Nations is essential.
Winter 2006/07
"Warlordism in Comparative Perspective"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 31
When failed states are ruled by warlords, it impedes the development of stable and secure societies, thwarts economic growth, and threatens international security. The rise and fall of warlordism in Republican China and medieval Europe shows that states can eventually emerge and create successful governments. Warlords remain in power by monopolizing a weak state's limited resources. The international community's attempts to buy off the warlords in Somalia and Afghanistan thus have been particularly counterproductive. Instead, external actors should work with aggrieved citizen groups to motivate them to rise up and create stable, functioning central governments.
Winter 2006/07
"Governance without Government in Somalia: Spoilers, State Building, and the Politics of Coping"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 31
By Ken Menkhaus
When states fail to provide their citizens with security and rule of law, local and regional actors must step in to fill the void. Such intervention provides a temporary solution, but as time passes warlords and other groups can and do gain some degree of legitimacy, which further prevents a functioning central government from emerging. Somalia in particular faces serious challenges of state revival. Its weak transitional federal government could, however, explore a mediated state model, which—though problematic—might be the "best bad option" for Somalia.
