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Somalia
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Jendayi Frazer on the Search For Multilateral ConsensusFormer Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs of the United States Jendayi Frazer speaks about the evolution of U.S. policy toward Somaliland.
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Somalia’s Political Paradoxes Forestall Progress and StabilitySomali politicians use nationalism to evade political pressure that seeks to create a more accountable and effective state.
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Authoritarian Trends in the Horn of Africa Require New Policy ApproachU.S. policy has been largely ineffectual in reversing democratic backsliding in the Horn of Africa.
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U.S. Policy in Africa Should Reflect Renewed Commitment to DemocracyAmerican policy in Africa has not always empowered those fighting on behalf of democracy—and sometimes even supports anti-democratic forces—taking away from its stated aim of promoting democracy abroad.
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Somalia’s Ongoing Political Crisis Exposes Fundamental Problem for U.S. PolicyReflections on the shortcoming of U.S. policy in Afghanistan have brought lessons that can be used to rethink American policy toward Somalia.
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United States Names Five African Jihadis as Specially Designated Global TerroristsThe practical consequences of the U.S. Department of State adding five terrorist leaders operating in Africa to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists is likely to be limited.
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Recognizing Somaliland's Democratic SuccessOn May 31st, the people of Somaliland went to the polls to participate in long-delayed parliamentary and municipal elections.
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India’s COVID-19 Surge, Somalia’s Political Crisis, and MoreIndia struggles with the world’s largest COVID-19 surge, Somalia’s president addresses Parliament after dropping a bid to extend his term, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan gets underway ten years after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
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Somalia's Political Crisis Demands Sustained AttentionWhile international attention has been focused on Ethiopia’s multiple internal and foreign policy crises, the political situation in Somalia has gone from precarious to untenable.
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Nonstate Warfare
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Stephen Biddle explains how nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfare. -
Beyond the Sand and Sea
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From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home. -
Somali Stability Depends on More Than Just CounterterrorismAmong the Trump administration's many eleventh hour decisions that will require quick review by President Biden’s team was the choice to withdraw nearly all U.S. military personnel from Somalia.
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From Separatism to Salafism: Militancy on the Swahili CoastNolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The revelation that a Kenyan member of al-Shabab was charged with planning a 9/11-style attack on the Unit…
