Career
Menkhaus"s publications include the book Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism (2004) and the article "Governance without Government in Somalia" in the journal International Security (2007). He is a specialist on Somalia and the Horn of Africa. Menkhaus was a Fulbright Scholar during his Doctor of Philosophy research on Somalia.
He subsequently taught for two years at the American University in Cairo, between 1989 and 1991, and between 1993 and 1994 was a special political advisor for the United Nations Operation in Somalia.
He was visiting civilian professor at the United States Army Peacekeeping Institute in 1994-1995, and visiting scholar at the United States Army Strategic Studies Institute in 2011-2012.
