South Sudan: From Independence to Civil War

South Sudan’s civil war is one of the most brutal and destructive conflicts of the 21st century. Could the war have been prevented? Could some of the atrocities and misery caused by the war have been avoided? Join the U.S. Institute of Peace and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide on July 19 to discuss what lessons should be learned from U.S. policy toward South Sudan in the years leading up to and during the civil war.

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Speakers

Ambassador Donald Booth

Former U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan

Kate Almquist Knopf

Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Luka Kuol

Professor of Practice for Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University

@almquistkate

Joshua Meservey

Senior Policy Analyst, Africa and the Middle East, The Heritage Foundation

@JMeservey

Jon Temin

Visiting Fellow, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and Africa Director, Freedom House

@JonTemin

Ambassador Princeton Lyman, moderator

Advisor Emeritus, U.S. Institute of Peace

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