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Ken Menkhaus |
Ken
Menkhaus, Ph.D
Professor of Political Science at Davidson College
Public Address: "Crisis and Conflict in the Horn of Africa:
Implications for the United States"
Location: Hartness Pavilion, Furman University
Monday, September 24, 2007 at 7 P.M.
Dr. Ken Menkhaus
is a professor of political science at Davidson College. Menkhaus
received his Ph.D. in International Studies at the University of
South Carolina in 1989. Prior to assuming his post at Davidson College,
he taught for two years at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Menkhaus’
regional specialization is the Horn of Africa. His fields of interest
include state failure, protracted conflict, post-conflict reconstruction,
humanitarian intervention, and political Islam. In 1991, he worked
with the International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Somalia
conducting famine assessments. In 1993-94, he served as special
political advisor in the United Nations (UN) Operation in Somalia,
and he was a recipient of a US Institute of Peace grant in 2002
to study protracted conflict in the Horn of Africa.
Menkhaus is
a frequent consultant to the US government, UN, and non-governmental
organizations. His recent consultancies include a Policy and Program
Analysis on Somalia for USAID (2004); a study of Somalia-Kenya border
conflict, commissioned by Development Alternatives Inc. for USAID
(2005); a co-authored study of the political transition in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, commissioned by Development Alternatives Inc
for USAID (2005); a case study of a UNDP small arms control project
in Somaliland, commissioned by Small Arms Survey (2005);a report
on Somalia for International Crisis Group (2007) and a research
associate position in the Human Security Baseline Assessment in
Sudan, managed by Small Arms Survey in Geneva (2007).
His most recent
publications include: “The Crisis in Somalia: Tragedy in Five
Acts." African Affairs (July 2007); “The Somali
Catastrophe: Bigger Than the Horn -- and Not Over Yet.” Current
History (May 2007); “Constraints and Opportunities in
Ungoverned Spaces: The Horn of Africa.” In Denial of Sanctuary:
Understanding Terrorist Safe Havens, edited by Michael Innes,
(2007); “Local Security Systems in Somali East Africa.”
In Fragile States and Insecure People, edited by Louise
Andersen and Bjørn Møller (forthcoming 2007); and
“Governance without Government in Somalia: Spoilers, State
Building, and the Politics of Coping.” International Security
(Winter 2006/07). .
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