Dr. Muema Wambua is the director in charge of investment and industrialization in the Department of Trade, Industrialization and Innovation in the Government of Machakos County, Kenya, and an adjunct lecturer at both Daystar University and the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa). He holds a Master of Arts degree in international relations (Summa Cum Laude) from USIU-Africa and a Bachelor of Arts in history (First Class Honors) from Kenyatta University, Kenya. He was an SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellow (2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2021-2022), with research interests in the areas of international relations, international interventions, peace, and conflict.