Eastern Africa
In Eastern Africa, MAB has worked toward determining how assistance related to implementation of international "hard security" mandates can help bridge the security/development divide in the region by facilitating capacity-building in areas such as border and maritime security. Improved assistance in these areas would simultaneously impede the flow of illicit small arms, illicit nuclear materials and enhance trade. MAB continues to engage extensively with governments, regional organizations, and NGOs on implementation efforts.
Current Research
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Bordering on Development
You would be hard-pressed today to find someone that rejects Kofi Annan's axiom that "you cannot have development without security and you cannot have security without development." However, practical implementation of this powerful logic is still largely unfulfilled. Insufficient cooperation and coordination of resources-financial, technical, and human-between military,
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Johan Bergenas published in Newsmill with Ambassador Adala
Managing Across Boundaries Deputy Director Johan Bergenas was published in Newsmill, writing with Ambassador Adala of the Africa Peace Forum (AFPO) on the joint MAB-AFPO initiative to develop a Kenyan border security action plan aimed to be a helpful tool for the Government of Kenya to solicit international assistance for building capacity at borders.
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MAB Report Launch in Nairobi, Kenya
More than half of the people in sub-Saharan Africa live in poverty, and in certain parts of Eastern Africa, the poverty rate exceeds 80 percent. At least 40 percent of Africans do not have enough food, 50 percent suffer from water-related diseases, and 40 percent of women do not have access to basic education. The list goes on. Disease, food insecurity, and the lack of
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MAB participates in trade security workshop in Kenya
Managing Across Boundaries Director Brian Finlay and Research Analyst Johan Bergenas participated in the workshop of "Promoting Regional Security and Development with International Security Assistance: A Legal-Regulatory Workshop on Strategic Trade Controls", organized by Governments of Kenya and the United States, with the assistance of the Stimson Center and the Center for
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Brian Finlay participates in workshop to secure ports and borders in East Africa
Jointly hosted by AFRICOM and NNSA, the East Africa Border Security Workshop brought together participants from seven East African countries and experts from NNSA, AFRICOM, the US Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and State, the World Customs Organization, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, and the Stimson Center.
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