A U.S.-Kenyan Rescue in Haiti and its Implications for American Foreign Policy

Violence has engulfed Haiti in recent months, with gangs controlling much of the country. In response, Washington is supporting a Kenyan-led armed intervention in Haiti, which comes in the backdrop of largely failed previous international interventions. With Kenyan President William Ruto coming to Washington on May 23 in what will be the first state visit by an African leader to the United States since 2008, what are the benefits and risks of the U.S.-Kenya security relationship in Haiti and East Africa.? Will this new intervention succeed where others have largely failed? And more generally, how should the U.S. respond to instability in failing and failed states?

To discuss these questions and more, the Quincy Institute held a conversation with Ambassador Daniel Foote, Former United States Special Envoy for Haiti, Samar Al-Bulushi, Quincy Institute Non-Resident Fellow and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Irvine, and Jake Johnston, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Sarang Shidore, Director of the Global South program at the Quincy Institute, moderated the conversation.

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