Uganda: Perfection of Post-Conflict Stability or Ticking Time Bomb

Abstract

The situation in Northern Uganda has improved since the cessation of violence in 2006 but stability remains tenuous at best, and at the highest level, reconciliation efforts have failed to address underlying issues that contributed to the rise of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and its subsequent conflict. While the U.S. State Department is critical of crime rates and assesses the political and security environments as relatively stable, experts interviewed for this study, particularly those not affiliated with the U.S. government, stated the situation more starkly.1 In general, interviewees described the environment as an uneasy peace, ripe for future conflict, and with few of the underlying causes of conflict any less significant than they were 20 years ago. These findings have implications for U.S. policy decisions in Uganda and, more generally, the way policymakers think about stability in post-conflict environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1018297

Entities

People

  • Alex S. Pedersen
  • Kristin M. Pearson

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Tactics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States

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  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies