Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In the 1990s, the Clinton administration led the international community in pursuit of a grand vision of reforming African countries into modern free-market democracies. That vision, however, was a poor match for the reality of conflict and stagnation on the ground. U.S. resources fell short of the rhetoric, and the policy yielded few results.
Roundtable with officials from the Foreign Ministry of France and outside experts
Background Note for December 8-9, 2000 Conference, Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia
Presenters: David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security and Jon Wolfsthal, Associate, Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project