Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Risks of Terrorism

Dr. Angel M.
Rabasa, Senior Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation, will
join us for a discussion of ungoverned spaces—failed or failing states, and what
risks they pose for international peace and U.S.
national security. Rabasa analyzes the conditions that give rise to ungoverned
territories and how they can generate terrorist safe havens. He also presents
strategies for the U.S. government to mitigate the
threat, especially the problem of terrorists operating from or within these
areas. His work includes a discussion of the Pakistani-Afghan border region, the
Horn of Africa, and the Sulawesi-Mindanao arc.