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Op Eds & Essays

2022
  • "US will soon redeploy troops in Somalia: the mission and key goals," The Conversation​, 29 May 2022.
  • "What are the International Military Options for the Sahel?" IPI Global Observatory, 12 April 2022. With N. Wilén.
  • "Who's Been Making "African Solutions"? Mapping Membership Patterns in the African Union's Peace and Security Council," Egmont Institute​, 1 April 2022. With N. Wilén.
  • "Putin's "Peacekeepers,"" IPI Global Observatory, 23 February 2022.
2021
  • "The Pitfalls of UN Peacekeeping in Afghanistan," IPI Global Observatory, 1 Sept. 2021.
  • "Why a UN Support Office for the G5 Sahel Joint Forces is a Bad Idea," IPI Global Observatory, 8 June 2021.
  • "A Decade of Developments in Peace Operations," IPI Global Observatory, 14 Apr. 2021.
  • "Despite Challenges, UN Peace Operations Will Evolve, Not Disappear,"  IPI Global Observatory, 19 Feb. 2021. With K.P. Coleman.
2020
  • "Why Kenya's defence forces fell at the battle of El Adde," The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020.
  • "Why US diplomatic muscle could achieve more in Somalia than drone strikes," The Conversation, 24 Sept. 2020.
  • "Ending United States Military Operations in Somalia," War on the Rocks, 19 August 2020.
2019
  • "The Positive Impacts and Challenges Facing the African Union Mission in Somalia," IPI Global Observatory, 3 Dec. 2019.
  • "Stabilization 2.0: Insights from the Somali and African Union Operations in Lower Shabelle," Wavell Room, 3 Dec. 2019.
  • "Fighting for Peace in Somalia," Democracy in Africa, 20 Oct. 2019.
  • "In Somalia, al-Shabab targeted US and EU forces this week," Washington Post Monkey Cage, 3 Oct. 2019.
  • "For the first time, a reliable count of Somalia peacekeeping deaths," The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2019.
  • "An Update on How Many Fatalities AMISOM has Suffered," IPI Global Observatory, 10 Sept. 2019.
  • "What Went Wrong with the Somali National Army?" War On The Rocks, 20 May 2019.
  • "Can Ad Hoc Security Coalitions in Africa Bring Stability?" IPI Global Observatory, 14 Jan. 2019.
2018
  • "In US Failure to Pay Peacekeeping Bills, Larger UN Financing Questions Raised," IPI Global Observatory, 23 Oct. 2018.
  • "After AMISOM: What will it take to secure Somalia?" African Arguments, 11 Oct. 2018.
  • "Lessons Learned in Somalia: AMISOM and contemporary peace enforcement," Council on Foreign Relations blog, 19 July 2018.
  • "Cruz Report: The politics of force and the United Nations' peacekeeping trilemma," IPI Global Observatory, 9 Feb. 2018.
  • "What spurred six countries to join the AU's mission in Somalia," The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2018.
  • "To withdraw or not to withdraw? Reflections on Kenya's military operations in Somalia," The Elephant, 18 Jan. 2018.
2017
  • "Somalia's African Union mission has a new exit strategy. But can troops actually leave?" Washington Post Monkey Cage, 30 Nov. 2017.
  • "The roles of intellectuals in African academic institutions," Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Ethiopia, 31 Oct. 2017.
  • "A Navy SEAL was killed in Somalia. Here's what you need to know about U.S. operations there," Washington Post Monkey Cage, 8 May 2017.
  • "A new model of African coercion? Assessing the ECOWAS mission in The Gambia," IPI Global Observatory, 16 March 2017.
  • "Paying for AMISOM," IPI Global Observatory, 11 Jan. 2017.
2016
  • "The Peace Operations Challenge for the Next Secretary-General," IPI Global Observatory, 30 Sept. 2016.
  • "Key questions for South Sudan's new protection force," IPI Global Observatory, 12 Sept. 2016.
  • "The African Union's less coercive diplomacy on Burundi," IPI Global Observatory, 16 Feb. 2016.
  • "After Obama: Four lessons for US engagement in Africa," Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2016, 10 Feb. 2016.
  • "The Burundi ultimatum," Foreign Affairs online, 28 Jan. 2016.
  • "Three things we learned from last week's al-Shabaab attack in Somalia," Washington Post Monkey Cage, 19 Jan. 2016.
2015
  • "The African Union's Coercive Diplomacy in Burundi," IPI Global Observatory, 18 Dec. 2015.
  • "Keeping a Piece of Peacekeeping," Foreign Affairs online, 6 Oct. 2015.
  • "How many fatalities has the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) suffered?" IPI Global Observatory, 10 Sept. 2015.
  • "The US should deploy more troops as UN peacekeepers," Defense One, 25 August 2015.
  • "Four questions —and answers— about US support of peacekeeping in Africa," Washington Post Monkey Cage, 15 May 2015.
2014
  • "Military Integration After Civil Wars: Any lessons for Somalia?" Africa Up Close (Woodrow Wilson Center), 17 Nov. 2014.
  • "Is al-Shabaab resurgent or weakening? A tale of two narratives," IPI Global Observatory, 10 June 2014.
  • "One Somalia, One Army? Building an Effective National Security Force," Africa Up Close (Woodrow Wilson Center), 7 Apr. 2014.
2013
  • "Cut-Rate Counterterrorism: Why America can no longer afford to outsource the war on al-Shabab," Foreign Policy online, 7 Oct. 2013. With B. Bruton.
  • "Disagreements over Mali could sour more than the upcoming African Union celebration," IPI Global Observatory, 15 May 2013. With A. Boutellis.
  • "Dealing with disengaged fighters: the case of al-Shabaab," IPI Global Observatory, 29 Jan. 2013.
2012
  • "Towards more effective partnership peacekeeping in Africa," Kujenga Amani (SSRC African Peacebuilding Forum), 19 Nov. 2012.
2011
  • "Hague's blurred vision on foreign policy," International Studies Today, 1:1 (Feb. 2011).
2010
  • "The African Union Mission in Somalia: Decision Time," SIPRI Update, 15 December 2010.
  • "Autocrats United? The Peace and Security Council of the African Union," CSIS Online Africa Policy Forum, 16 March 2010.
2009
  • "AMISOM's Five Challenges," CSIS Online Africa Policy Forum, 15 Nov. 2009.
2007
  • "The African Union's Emerging Security Culture: Options for U.S. Policymakers," CSIS Online Africa Policy Forum, 13 July 2007.
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