Dr. Hassan Khannenje is the Director of the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies, a research and policy think-tank based in Nairobi Kenya that was recently ranked number 18 as a think-tank to watch in the world by the Global think tank index.
He is a Fulbright scholar who holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. A Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the University of Nairobi. He has previously worked as an Assistant professor at Wayne State University, Michigan, USA, and Council Member of Barry University, Miami. He currently serves as a Council Member of the Technical University of Kenya.
He is a consultant with governmental and intergovernmental organizations and agencies including Kenya’s ministries of foreign affairs, and defense and interior as well as Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mainly on security, diplomacy, terrorism and violent extremism. Consequently, he is regularly involved induction seminars for new diplomats in Kenya, training of diplomats from IGAD member states on subject/issue specific matters, defense attaches, and security officers on relevant subject matters.
Dr. Khannenje is an author and practitioner specializing in geopolitics, defense and security, diplomacy and foreign affairs, peace and security, terrorism and violent extremism whose work has contributed to books and book chapters, peer reviewed articles and opinion pieces in regional and international publications and print media.
He an expert analyst and a regular contributor with various local and international media houses that include BBC, VOA, TRT, CGTN, SABC, Al Jazeera, ZDF, ARD, CFI, News Central, Russia Today, CNN, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Spanish News, Le Monde, New York Times, Daily Nation and the East African, NTV, KBC, Tv47, Citizen, and KTN among others on issues of geopolitics, terrorism, security, diplomacy, and foreign relations.