Ken Menkhaus
Professor of political science
Davidson College, NC
Faculty Bio
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PO Box 7069 Department of Political Science
Davidson, NC 28035-7069
(t) 704-894-2991
kemenkhaus@davidson.edu
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Areas of Expertise
Horn of Africa, Somalia
Dr. Menkhaus specializes in the Horn of Africa, with a particular interest in Somalia. He has researched, written, and conducted policy work on such topics as humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, post-conflict development assistance, collapsed states, protracted conflict, and Islamic movements in the Horn of Africa. In 1993-94 he served as special political advisor in the U.N. operation in Somalia, and was visiting professor at the US Army Peacekeeping Institute in 1994-95. In 2002 he was awarded a USIP research grant to complete a book on protracted conflicts in the Horn of Africa. Among his recent publications are Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism (Adephi Paper, Oxford University Press, 2004).
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