BU Now » Somalia pirates http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Somali pirate incident points to wider need http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/04/15/somali-pirate-incident-points-to-wider-need/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/04/15/somali-pirate-incident-points-to-wider-need/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:15:41 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=269 International Relations Professor Charles Stith, director of the African Presidential Archives and Research Center and a former U.S. ambassador to Tanzania, says in a Boston Globe op-ed that the Somali pirates’ incident was more than just a superb police action.  It’s also a wake-up call for the U.S. to forge a comprehensive diplomatic and military agenda for dealing with Africa and the region.

Contact Charles Stith, 617-353-5452, crstith@bu.edu

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