Alex Vines, head of
the Africa Program at Chatham House, London, will join us for a
discussion on the use of sanctions in Africa. Vines examined the
effectiveness of UN sanctions in Africa in changing state and non-state
behavior and as a policy tool. He will discuss the findings of research
by Chatham House, which conducted extensive field work in Somalia,
Sierra Leone and Angola including interviewing targeted individuals.
From 2005-2007, Vines was an arms investigator and later chair of the
UN Group of Experts on Cote d’Ivoire and from 2001-2003 he was the
weapons and diamond investigator for the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia.
