David Keen, Date of Birth
TweetDavid Keen
British anthropologist
Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1958
Profession: anthropologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About David Keen
- David Keen (born 21 September 1958) is a political economist and Professor of Complex Emergencies at the London School of Economics, where he has worked since the 1990s.
- He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford in economics and anthropology, and was formerly a consultant for NGOs and development agencies, and a journalist. Keen is a theorist of contemporary conflict, notably in African society.
- He has done fieldwork in Sudan, Sierra Leone and Iraq, and archival research.In Endless War and in several articles he has argued that "winning war is rarely an end in itself; rather, war tends to be part of a wider political and economic game that is consistent with strengthening the enemy".
- The "war on terror" is, for Keen, an extension of the Cold War. The Benefits of Famine explored how the 1980s famines in Sudan were of use to certain groups.
- Famines have powerful beneficiaries including political elites and traders.
- International intervention "may offer significant political and bureaucratic benefits for international donors".
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