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Author Archives: Philip Cane and Simon Schofield

Philip Cane is a former junior Fellow at the HIC. Simon Schofield is a Senior Fellow at the HSC and the Assistant to the Directors' Office. His main research interests lie in the fields of national security, intelligence and counterterrorism.

Al Shabaab: the Rise and Fall from Black Hawk Down to Westgate and Beyond

Philip Cane and Simon Schofield October 20, 2013 Security and Defence, Sub-Saharan Africa

The attack on Nairobi demonstrated that al Shabaab has peaked and is attempting to reverse its seemingly unstoppable decline.