Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa.9780815775713 Battling terrorism in the Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. . Ed. by Robert I. Rotberg Robert I. Rotberg , Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, is Director of the Belfer Center's Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as well as President of the World Peace Foundation and a member of the Belfer . Brookings Institution Brookings Institution, at Washington, D.C.; chartered 1927 as a consolidation of the Institute for Government Research (est. 1916), the Institute of Economics (est. 1922), and the Robert S. Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government (est. 1924). Press 2005 210 pages $19.95 Paperback HV6433 Bringing together contributors from the spheres of US academia and the US diplomatic service diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another. Origins Until the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially , Rotberg (John Kennedy School of Government, Harvard U.) presents case studies exploring the issue of terrorism and the US response to terrorism in the Horn of Africa (throwing in Yemen, which lies just across the Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south on the Arabian Peninsula). While the case studies on Yemen, Somalia and Somaliland, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya examine traditional concerns related to the response of security forces to terrorism, a central organizing focus of the case studies is on how the US can encourage "good governance," which is seen as a central task in addressing the conditions that breed terrorism. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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