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Algeria, Amadou Toumani Touré, AQIM, CSIS, Goodluck Jonathan, Libya, Mali, Maman Sidikou, Niger, Sahel, SAIS
I made it to the final of the 4 panels that SAIS’ “Governance and Security in the Sahelian States: From Crisis to Sustainable Recovery” Conference convened over the past two days (disclaimer – I left at the tail end of the Q&A).
The panel had a strong DC flavor, as it included Jennifer Cooke of CSIS, the Ambassador of Niger, Maman Sidikou, and John Paden, a professor at George Mason. The lone foreign interloper was Hugh Roberts, a professor at Tufts who was also a regional interloper as he is a North African (Algeria) specialist.
Jennifer Cooke got things started, Continue reading
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