East Africa
Research focuses on countering terrorism and violent extremism in the region; exploring conflict, security and peace operations, and methods of combatting illegal wildlife crime.
Our experts
Galgallo Abagaro
Law Enforcement Project Manager
RUSI Nairobi
Cathy Haenlein
Director, Organised Crime and Policing (on maternity leave)
Organised Crime and Policing
Christopher Hockey
Research Fellow
RUSI Nairobi
Michael Jones
Research Fellow
Terrorism and Conflict
Timothy Kimaiyo
Project Assistant
RUSI Nairobi
Neil Melvin
Director, International Security Studies
International Security Studies
Luniya Msuku
Director of RUSI Nairobi
RUSI Nairobi
Alexandria Reid
Associate Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Maria Sofia Reiser
Research Analyst
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Simon Rynn
Senior Research Fellow
International Security Studies
Jonathan van der Valk
Mark Williams
Outreach and Implementation Coordinator
Organised Crime and Policing
Lauren Young
Research Analyst
Organised Crime and Policing