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ong with Saddam Hussein. As a cautionary tale, Kissinger and others point not only to Iraq but also to Libya. Kissinger lumped Libya in with Yemen, Somalia and northern Mali as a "blank space" on the map "denoting lawlessness." Yet political scientist Juan Cole, who recently visited Libya, where he ex

to meet Chinese leaders, including at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional security and development arrangement focused on Central Asia. (In a coincidence of scheduling, Hillary Clinton was meeting some of her allies on the Syrian issue in Istanbul at the same time.) How to handle S

e in Saudi Arabia. In 1992, al-Qaeda issued a fatwa calling for attacks on American troops in the Middle East. After the United States intervened in Somalia later that year, Somali rebels allegedly trained by al-Qaeda shot down two Black Hawk helicopters. In 1995, al-Qaeda operatives took credit for bom

the Arab and Muslim world. When Ronald Reagan was elected president, Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, did not even exist. All of this changed in 1990, when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and President George H. W. Bush dispatched 700,000 troops to

31, 2012 U.S. Tax Status (see Tax Status Definitions) 501(c)(3) Public Charity Geographic Location(s) of Project Field work: Pakistan, Nigeria, Somalia INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 1 EFTA_R1_01976466 EFTA02678411 IPI Offices: New York, Vienna, Manama IPI PROPOSAL: POLIO ERAD

the private sector on a range of regional and global security challenges. IPI also carries out work in and on Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia. With a staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI partners with regional organizations, think tanks, universi

states and intervention in them by international organizations to prevent them turning into breeding grounds for terrorism as Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan did. Given Russia's domestic terror problems, amply publicized at the recent winter Olympics, it should be possible to deal with the Krem

w still sees extremism in Afghanistan as a threat to Muslim regions of Russia like Chechnya, and to the Muslim-populated former Soviet republics of Central Asia. China similarly worries that upheaval in Afghanistan could exacerbate Islamic extremism in Xinjiang; India thinks the same could happen in Kashmir

rehensive understanding of the current polio environment, including major risks to accessibility of children in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia; 1. Understand the research, analysis and insights IPI can shore regarding the political environment to increase accessibility Moderator Melissa

e Institute • Andrea Pfanzelter, Director, IPI Vienna • David Witt, Director of Finance & Administration • Walter Kemp, Director for Europe and Central Asia • Nasra Hassan, Director, Pakistan Project • Mark Shaw (via Skype/VCT) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Wagar Ajmal, Senior Program Officer,