Building Sustainable Peace in North Africa

The North Africa Initiative (NAI) at the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) were honored to host a panel of experts to discuss the institutionalization of peace in North Africa. The event included the Honorable Ben Cardin, US Senator from Maryland; Evan Patterson, from the staff of US Representative Jim Baird; Giordano Segneri, Governance and Peacebuilding Team Leader for Arab States, UNDP; and Regan Durkin, Director of HWPL in Washington, DC, with FPI Senior Fellow Hafed Al-Ghwell as moderator. The panelists discussed and evaluated solutions and policies to sustain peace. The solutions identified will be be incorporated into a report to be submitted to the United Nations to further aid in peace obtaining efforts in the North African Region.