MAY 2016 The Surge to Stabilize: Lessons for the UN from the AU's Experience in Somalia WALTER LOTZE AND PAUL D. WILLIAMS Cover Photo: AMISOM and the Somali ABOUT THE AUTHORS National Army recapture Buur-Hakba from al-Shabaab, February 23, 2013. UN WALTER LOTZE is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Photo/Stuart Price. International Peace Operations and an Associate Researcher with Stellenbosch University. He was previously Disclaimer: The views expressed in this a Special Adviser with the African Union Mission in paper represent those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Somalia. None of the information used for this report is International Peace Institute. IPI drawn from classified materials that the author may have welcomes consideration of a wide had access to in conducting his duties while in AMISOM. range of perspectives in the pursuit of a well-informed debate on critical E-mail:
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