Event: African Security and U.S. Interests: The Problem of "Ungoverned Spaces"
Speaker(s): Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs
Date: March 7, 2007
Length: 96 minutes
Event Series: International Security Speaker Series
Description: Theresa Whelan is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs. She has fifteen years of experience in defense policy, twelve years of which have emphasized African issues. In this talk, she discussed each region of the African continent and the particular problems faced by the U.S. with "ungoverned space."
Introduction by Alan J. Kuperman, LBJ School of Public Affairs.
The statements made here represent the speakers' own thoughts. Neither the LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, nor any organization providing support for this effort necessarily endorses the views and statements included here.