Stewart Patrick recently quoted in 5 VOA articles

October 22, 2007

On October 22, 2007, Voice of America quoted CGD Research Fellow, Stewart Patrick, in five articles about AFRICOM.

From the articles:

"Stewart Patrick, who heads the Washington-based Center for Global Development's project on weak states, expects AFRICOM to concentrate on 'shaping efforts' in Africa.

'This means trying to focus less on the use of military force in a reactive sense, than trying to shape the environment on the continent so that the root causes of instability (such as poverty and lack of democracy) are more effectively dealt with by the United States, so that there’s attention to some of the long-term drivers of conflict.'"