Crisis & Conflict Management
Stopping the next Ethiopian-Eritrean War
The Africa Security Initiative is an effort organized by the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. It involves Vanda Felbab-Brown, Michael O’Hanlon, other experts from the Institution such as Amadou Sy and other colleagues at the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development Program, as well as a number of other interested parties—from the United States government, from universities in the Washington, D.C. area and other locations such as St. Lawrence University in New York, and the broader Washington policy community.
Experts
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Director
- Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research
- Foreign Policy,
Director
- Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy
Jeffrey Feltman
John C. Whitehead Visiting Fellow in International Diplomacy
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Sophie Rutenbar
Nonresident Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
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Past Event
July
29
2026
Democracy, Conflict, & Governance
The DRC at a crossroads: Presidential succession and conflict in the east
Past Event
July
20
2026
Security Alliances & Partnerships
The future of security assistance
Democracy, Conflict, & Governance
Stopping Zimbabwe’s newest power grab