Democracy, Conflict, & Governance
The broader lessons of Gabon’s coup for democracy in Africa
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
@VFelbabBrown
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research
- Foreign Policy,
Director
- Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy
@MichaelEOHanlon
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2023
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