Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the following stakeholders who were generous with their time and valuable insight in interviews conducted in person and by telephone. Unless otherwise noted, the stakeholders cited in this Report did not speak in any official capacity as representatives of their governments or organizations. The statements made and views expressed in this publication, and particularly any errors therein, are solely the responsibility of the authors. Nairobi
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Office of the President National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics U.S. Department of State USAID U.S. Department of Defense officials U.K. High Commission officials United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Asfaw Kumssa, PhD Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali (Expert in Conflict in Transformation, Religious, and Political Extremism) Finn Church Aid Danish Demining Group Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS), International Crisis Group expert Murithi Mutiga (ICG) Tethered-Up An anonymous CVE researcher in Mombasa Two Anonymous Interviewees
Anna Sherburn, Commonwealth Secretariat Emily Winterbotham and Michael Jones, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Dr. Eleanor Beevor, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Dr. Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Overseas Development Institute Mary Harper, BBC Africa Protection Approaches U.K. Home Office U.K. Department for International Development U.K. Stabilisation Unit Four Anonymous Interviewees
Mombasa Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics (CICC) Human Rights Agenda (HURIA) Muslims for Human Rights (MUHIRI) Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Coast Education Centre (COEC) HAKI Africa Office of the President Director of CVE for Mombasa County
New York Michael Gilligan, New York University UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Kenya Mission to the United Nations World Bank U.S. Mission to the United Nations International Peace Institute Washington, D.C. Julie Werbel, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) William Braniff and Barnett Koven, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Mercy Corps Abdullahi Boru Halakhe Katherine Zimmerman, Emily Estelle, and Jake Barnett, Jessica Trisko Darden, American Enterprise Institute Sarah Rose, Center for Global Development
The authors also wish to give particular special thanks to Princeton alumnus Siddharth Chatterjee (MPP 2011) who serves as UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya, for his insights and invaluable assistance in helping connect us to relevant stakeholders, Professor Ethan Kapstein for his tireless support (and reassurance) throughout our research process, and the staff of the Woodrow Wilson School Graduate Program Office. Cover Photo credit: USAID