Sarah Phillips lectures in international security and development, international relations, and comparative politics. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa -particularly in Yemen, Somaliland, Kenya, Jordan, Pakistan, and Oman – and has advised numerous governments and international development agencies on matters pertaining to these areas. Dr. Phillips’s talk with focus on maintaining peace when there isn’t a government with a monopoly on force, and how external world sees Somaliland’s ability to maintain the peace.
Title: Somaliland: Peace without a monopoly on violence
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Phillips, University of Sydney
Moderated by: Barkhad M. Kaariye
Date: Thursday 1st October 2015 – Time: 19.40
Venue: Hargeysa Cultural Centre
