Mali's 2012 crisis reflected closely interlinked questions of domestic governance,internal rebellion, and extremist incursion.  The international community's response, including an early West African mediation lead, French military intervention, and a UN peacekeeping mission, addressed these same interlinked elements in tackling a reversal of that downward spiral in the context of a serious threat to regional and even international security.

Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, who served in Mali as Deputy Chief of Mission from 2006-2009, the State Department's Director of West African Affairs from 2009-2011, and Ambassador to Mali from 2011-2014, will reflect on the antecedents to and lessons of Mali's multifaceted crisis.

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