Alan Keenan is Crisis Group’s Senior Consultant on Sri Lanka. Based in London, he coordinates and contributes to the organisation’s research, publications and advocacy on Sri Lanka. Alan has lived and worked in Sri Lanka for extended periods since first visiting in February 2000. He has a PhD in political theory and has taught at various US colleges and universities before joining Crisis Group in 2006.
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