BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Part of the David F. Everett Postconflict Speaker Series \; Ken Menkhaus\, Professor of Political Science at Davidson College\, will d iscuss his recent research on Somalia\; the efforts to build a stable stat e in this troubled Horn of Africa country\, despite ongoing conflict\; how the “commodification of security sector work” challenges state-building\; and the connection between security and development. \;Menkhaus has e xtensive knowledge of these topics\, having served as Special Political Ad visor in the UN Operation in Somalia\; as a visiting civilian professor at the US Army Peacekeeping Institute in 1994-1995\; and as a visiting schol ar at the US Army Strategic Studies Institute in 2011-2012. In 2004\, he r eceived a United States Institute of Peace grant for his research on armed conflict in the Horn of Africa. \;In addition to his extensive academ ic work\, Menkaus continues to do professional work in applied settings\, serving as a consultant for the UN\, US government\, NGOs\, and policy res earch institutes. He’s provided expert testimony on five occasions before Congressional subcommittees\, and he has been interviewed by the BBC\, CNN \, FOX\, Al Jazeera\, NPR’s All Things Considered\, the Voice of America\, the Diane Rehm Show\, and MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews\, among ot her media outlets. \;Menkhaus has published more than 50 articles\, bo ok chapters\, and monographs\, including Somalia: State Collapse and the T hreat of Terrorism (2004)\; “Governance without Government in Somalia” in International Security (2007)\; and “State Fragility as Wicked Problem” in PRISM (2010). DTEND:20151103T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260611T043620Z DTSTART:20151103T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:State-Building & Non-State Armed Actors in Somalia with Ken Menkhau s UID:RFCALITEM639167349802663909 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Part of the David F. Everett Postconflict S peaker Series \;Ken Menkhaus\, Professor of Political Science at David son College\, will discuss his recent research on Somalia\; the efforts to build a stable state in this troubled Horn of Africa country\, despite on going conflict\; how the “commodification of security sector work” challen ges state-building\; and the connection between security and development.& nbsp\;Menkhaus has extensive knowledge of these topics\, having served as Special Political Advisor in the UN Operation in Somalia\; as a visiting c ivilian professor at the US Army Peacekeeping Institute in 1994-1995\; and as a visiting scholar at the US Army Strategic Studies Institute in 2011- 2012. In 2004\, he received a United States Institute of Peace grant for h is research on armed conflict in the Horn of Africa. \;In addition to his extensive academic work\, Menkaus continues to do professional work in applied settings\, serving as a consultant for the UN\, US government\, N GOs\, and policy research institutes. He’s provided expert testimony on fi ve occasions before Congressional subcommittees\, and he has been intervie wed by the BBC\, CNN\, FOX\, Al Jazeera\, NPR’s All Things Considered\, th e Voice of America\, the Diane Rehm Show\, and MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews\, among other media outlets. \;Menkhaus has published more t han 50 articles\, book chapters\, and monographs\, including Somalia: Stat e Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism (2004)\; “Governance without Govern ment in Somalia” in International Security (2007)\; and “State Fragility a s Wicked Problem” in PRISM (2010).

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