East Africa Forum

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The East Africa Forum examines how the United States can more effectively address governance challenges in the Horn of Africa while simultaneously confronting broader security threats in the region.

East Africa Forum: The recent violence and political turmoil in Kenya and Somalia illustrate a need for strengthened governance, security, and development in East Africa. Increasing U.S. counterterrorism and security initiatives will need to be carefully balanced with a more comprehensive approach. In early 2008, the CSIS Africa Program launched a series of private roundtable discussions and public events to examine current developments in the region and identify long-term trends and opportunities for U.S. policy. The program will continue to monitor the recent power-sharing arrangement in Kenya, the political agreement in Somalia, and the Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute and will host future sessions on other states in the region.

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The Obama Administration’s Sudan Strategy
Oct 21, 2009
By Jennifer Cooke and J. Stephen Morrison

After months of internal debate, mounting impatience among U.S. activist groups, and rapidly approaching deadlines in the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Obama administration unveiled its strategy toward Sudan this week, calling for frank dialogue with the government in Khartoum and promising “calibrated steps to bolster support for positive change and to discourage backsliding.”