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Original Articles

Waiting for ‘the big one’: Confronting complex humanitarian emergencies and state collapse in central Africa

Pages 72-101 | Published online: 26 Nov 2007

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  • The author recently retired after 36 years in the US Foreign Service, having served mostly in Sub‐Saharan Africa, and the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of either the State Department or the US Army.

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