Payton Knopf


Payton Knopf was the U.S. deputy special envoy for the Horn of Africa in the Biden administration, as well as an advisor to two presidential special envoys for Sudan and a U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace.

Articles by Payton Knopf
Half a dozen fighters, mostly young men, carry bags and weapons as they walk in a straight line across a wet stretch of pavement from the right of the image to the left. Heavy cloud cover hangs against a gray sky overhead, and low hills and fields are visible in the distance, eventually disappearing into fog.
Half a dozen fighters, mostly young men, carry bags and weapons as they walk in a straight line across a wet stretch of pavement from the right of the image to the left. Heavy cloud cover hangs against a gray sky overhead, and low hills and fields are visible in the distance, eventually disappearing into fog.