In 2009

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  Speaker Events 12-14-2009

  Alan Doss: “It’s a Moral Dilemma, I Don’t Hide That”

  Alan Doss, the Special Representative for the Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of Congo spoke to an overflow IPI audience on December 14, 2009 on the subject of the role of the United Nations in protecting civilians in the violence-plagued DRC. Mr. Doss, a UN official for more than 30 years who previously served […]

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  Speaker Events 12-07-2009

  Do We Live in a Borderless World?

  On December 7th at IPI the author and commentator Parag Khanna posed the question “Do We Live in a Borderless World?” and then offered up his answer in a slide show presentation that the evening’s moderator, IPI Vice President and Director of External Relations Warren Hoge, described as an “informative and audacious moving map show.” […]

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  Speaker Events 10-21-2009

  Unlocking the Secret of His Father’s Disappearance and Death

  IPI held a Beyond the Headlines event on October 21, 2009 featuring the book The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda and its author, Andrew Rice. Accompanying Mr. Rice was Duncan Muhumuza Laki, a key figure in the book, which is based on an inquiry that Mr. […]

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  09-22-2009

  Africa is Reforming, Rwandan President Kagame Tells IPI Audience

  Rwandan President Paul Kagame said at an IPI event on September 21, 2009 that “on matters of stability, peace and development, today’s Africa is unrecognizable from that of yesteryear.”Below is coverage by Edith Lederer, UN correspondent of the Associated Press:Rwanda and Congo Making Progress Toward PeaceRwanda’s president said Monday his country and neighboring Congo are […]

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  Speaker Events 08-21-2009

  Michela Wrong “Extremely Worried About Kenya and its Future”

  Michela Wrong, author of a noted new book on Kenya, came to IPI on August 11, 2009 to promote its publication and to share with a large, mostly-African audience, her concerns about the country. “I’m extremely worried about Kenya and its future,” she said, adding that since the post-election violence in 2008 “people are just […]

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