Ms. Bronwyn Bruton discusses "A New Approach" to Somalia



COMMANDER'S SPEAKER SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT



Who: Ms. Bronwyn Bruton



When: 19 July 2010 1400-1600



Where: Kelley Club



You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming Commander's Speaker Series Event featuring Ms. Bronwyn Bruton.





Bronwyn E. Bruton is the author of the March 2010 Council on Foreign

Relations Special Report, "Somalia: A New Approach." The report argues that U.S. security and humanitarian objectives in Somalia have been badly undermined by premature efforts to promote a national government. In the short term, the U.S. must ignore governance and focus on stabilizing Somalia through development and humanitarian relief. This strategy of "constructive disengagement" is controversial, but has continued to gain momentum among policymakers.



Ms. Bruton is a democracy and governance specialist with extensive experience in Africa, and was a 2008-2009 international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations. She was born in Swaziland and spent most of her childhood in Botswana. Prior to her fellowship appointment, Bronwyn spent three years at the National Endowment for Democracy, where she managed a $7 million portfolio of grants to local and international nongovernmental organizations in east and southern Africa (priority countries included Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Sudan). Bruton has also served as a program manager on the Africa team of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Transition Initiatives, and as a policy analyst on the international affairs and trade team of the Government Accountability Office. Bronwyn is currently conducting research on failed states at the One Earth Future Foundation (OEF).



Below is a link to an article she published:



http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/bronwyn-bruton



AFRICOM POC: Mr. Anthony Estrada, Directorate for Outreach-Initiatives, DSN: 314.421.3181, COM: 07117-29-3181