Kenya maintains a moderate profile in Third World politics. Kenya's relations with Western countries are generally friendly, although current political and economic instabilities are often blamed on Western pressures.
Kenya serves as a major host for refugees from Somalia and Sudan and currently has troops in three UN peacekeeping operations.
Disputes - international: administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international boundary
Illicit drugs: widespread harvesting of small, wild plots of marijuana and qat? (chat); transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and, sometimes, North America; Indian methaqualone? also transits on way to South Africa