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Advisory: Experts Available to Comment on U.S.-Africa Relations

Friday, July 24, 2015

News Type: Press Release

With Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Washington, and President Obama in Ethiopia and Kenya, U.S. Africa policy has taken center stage. Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace are available for comment and analysis. To request individual interviews, please contact Allison Sturma at 202-429-3869 or asturma@usip.org. Ambassador Johnnie Carson, Senior Advisor Carson previously served as assistant secretary of state for the bureau of African affairs from 2009-2013. His 37-year ...

Obama's Chance to Revisit Kenya - The New York Times - New York Times

Monday, July 20, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

Johnnie Carson is senior adviser to the president of the United States Institute of Peace and a former assistant secretary of state for Africa. Mark Bellamy is a senior adviser for Africa at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Both are ...

U.S. to trace Nigerian stolen assets, boost military help | Reuters - Reuters

Sunday, July 19, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

"Nigeria is the most important country in Africa," said Carson, currently an adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace. Now more than ever, "the relationship with Nigeria should not rest essentially on a security and military-to-military relationship," he ...

Bring Back Our Democracy | Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy (blog)

Thursday, July 16, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

Maria J. Stephan is a senior policy fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. The views expressed are her own., Erin MazurskyErin Mazursky is the founder and executive ...

Threats Abounding in Afghanistan | Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy (blog)

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

Scott Smith, director of the Afghanistan and Central Asia Program for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), said in a discussion on June 16 that an opposition to the Ghani government is emerging and Karzai “is sort of playing an opposition role ...