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February 09, 2010
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Michael Keating

Michael Keating is the senior fellow and associate director at the McCormack Graduate School's Center for Democracy and Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the director of the Center's Conflict Media program and has conducted research and projects in six African countries as well as in Macedonia, Romania and the Czech Republic. He is a former partner at the Boston Consulting Group and lives in Cambridge, MA.

Articles written by Michael Keating

Guinnea-Bissau's Narco-State

By Michael Keating 26 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Tit-for-tat killings of the president and head of the military in what is suspected to be a rivalry over revenues from drug trafficking: Welcome to Guinnea-Bissau.

Waning Moon

By Michael Keating 24 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog It's no surprise that Ban Ki-Moon equates his job with caution. To a fault.

Kenya's Somalia Dilemma

By Michael Keating 22 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog As the world was riveted to the events in Iran last week, the beleaguered government of Somalia put out an S.O.S. for international military support in its deteriorating fight against al Shabab guerrillas and other radical opposition forces.

Not Just Iran's Nuclear Future on the Line

By Michael Keating 19 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog If Ahmadinejad holds onto power and can point to U.S. meddling, it might push Tehran further in the direction of cooperating with Pyongyang.

Israel-Russia: The New Borscht Belt

By Michael Keating 18 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Could a new Jerusalem-Moscow axis be emerging to counter the nascent Washington-Cairo-Ramallah one?

Obama's Plan to Corner the Uranium Market

By Michael Keating 12 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Obama's uranium bank a tall order to fill.

Tsvangirai Hits the Road

By Michael Keating 08 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Western leaders should be polite and listen to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, but they should never forget who the real boss is back home in Harare.

Obama's Speech Was an End, Not a Beginning

By Michael Keating 04 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Obama seems to have abandoned the search for new ideas and instead has merely reinforced a set of old ones that frankly aren't working very well.

Dervishes Pick Up the Gun in Somalia

By Michael Keating 03 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Can it be long before there is a Sufi desk at the CIA?

'Demon Crazy' Democracy in Nigeria

By Michael Keating 01 Jun 2009 | WPR Blog Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka lowers the boom on what he called Nigeria's "sham democracy."

Buy Your Ambassadorship Right Here!

By Michael Keating 29 May 2009 | WPR Blog Think of the poor visa-stampers!

Uranium-Rich Niger Heats Up

By Michael Keating 27 May 2009 | WPR Blog Anti-proliferationists can only be chilled by the prospect of one of the world's major uranium producers plunging into a constitutional crisis.

Netanyahu's Dilemma: What Happens in Washington Stays in Washington

By Michael Keating 22 May 2009 | WPR Blog It's hard to feel sympathy for a hardball player like Netanyahu, but we can certainly appreciate the horns of his dilemma.

South Sudan Fuels the Aid Debate

By Michael Keating 20 May 2009 | WPR Blog Post-conflict relief efforts often have unintended consequences.

Norway's Fifteen Minutes

By Michael Keating 18 May 2009 | WPR Blog While Europeans can sneer at Super Bowl half-time shows, Americans will always have Eurovision to kick around.

Kenya's Complex Legal Heritage

By Michael Keating 15 May 2009 | WPR Blog It's not quite State of California v. O.J. Simpson, but Kenya has just witnessed a remarkable bit of judicial theatre.

India Addresses Child Prostitution

By Michael Keating 13 May 2009 | WPR Blog A new report sheds light on the problem, but is there enough political will to tackle it?

The Millenium Development Goals Have Left the Building

By Michael Keating 11 May 2009 | WPR Blog A new report confirms what many already suspected: Africa will be "gravely" affected by the global economic downturn.

Africa Tunes In Johnnie Carson

By Michael Keating 08 May 2009 | WPR Blog Obama's new pick for assistant secretary of state for Africa seems an obvious, if somewhat unexciting, choice.

Strange Bedfellows in Kabul

By Michael Keating 06 May 2009 | WPR Blog Karzai has let bygones be bygones with his veep choice. Will Obama?