Kenneth Menkhaus is a
political scientist
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
who is a professor at
Davidson College in North Carolina, where he has taught since 1991. Menkhaus's publications include the book ''Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism'' (2004) and the article "Governance without Government in Somalia" in the journal ''
International Security'' (2007).
He is a specialist on
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
and the
Horn of Africa.
Menkhaus was a
Fulbright Scholar during his PhD research on Somalia. He subsequently taught for two years at the
American University in Cairo, between 1989 and 1991, and between 1993 and 1994 was a special political advisor for the
UN Operation in Somalia. He was visiting civilian professor at the
US Army Peacekeeping Institute in 199495, and visiting scholar at the
US Army Strategic Studies Institute in 201112.
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References
External links
Davidson College profile page
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Davidson College faculty
Living people
American political scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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