Publication

This report discusses Kenya's shift from a traditional low-risk, non-interventionist approach to peacebuilding and peacemaking to a more assertive approach. Using the example of involvement in Somalia, the author suggests a "whole of Somalia" stabilization approach, arguing that it is essential for Nairobi to balance its legitimate interests in Jubbaland with its relations to the Mogadishu government. She also writes that Kenya’s potential as a regional peacebuilder is on trial, and that this will determine its future foreign policy trajectory.