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Stacia George

Monday, April 13, 2020

Topic: Organized Crime in West Africa - The Silent Threat

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE.

Stacia George is a director in Chemonics’ West and Central Africa and Haiti Division.  She previously served as the deputy director for USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and is an expert in conflict management and international development with specializations in conflict-affected environments, stabilization, democracy, and community-driven development programming.  Prior to this Ms. George was a Foreign Policy Fellow for Senator Chris Coons and also worked at Caerus Associates.  She held an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations in 2011 and previously spent 11 years with USAID including service in Pakistan.  She managed OTI’s Afghanistan program as the deputy team leader for Asia and the Middle East, established programs in Colombia, Nepal, and Sudan, and served as their country representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Ms. George holds degrees in international studies and Spanish from Niagara University and international conflict management and economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS).

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Audios of Past Presentations

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• Shuja Nawaz: Problems of the Greater Middle East
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• Doug Silliman: Iraq after ISIS: Caught between the United States and Iran
• Courtney Radsch: Enemies of the People
• David Stoll: Guatemalan Migration
• Andrew Weber: Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
• William Reinsch: Globalization, Inequality, and Trade Policy    Slides
• Susan Purcell: Regime Change in Venezuela?
• John Shattuck: The Rise of “Illiberal Democracies” in Europe and the US
• Anne Barnard on Whither Syria and where is it taking us?
• Gregory Gause: Saudia Arabia: Reliable Ally?
• Matthew Goodwin: Brexit
• Alan Makovsky: Turkey: Our Wayward Ally
• Charles Sennott: GroundTruth in a Post-Truth World

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