Somalia
A Technical Maritime Boundary Disagreement Has Evolved Into Geopolitical Confrontation
The Maritime Dispute Reflects Deeper Questions About Sovereignty, Institutional Authority, and Geopolitical Alignment
Extremist Organizations Thrive in Environments Defined by State Rivalry, Political Fragmentation, and Security Vacuums
For Now, the African Union Maintains Somalia’s Formal Territorial Claim and Tolerates Limited Engagement with Somaliland
Washington Has Misread the Houthis for Too Long
At Stake Is Not Merely a Bilateral Disagreement but a Broader Recalibration Across the Red Sea-Horn Strategic Corridor
By Embedding Itself in Somalia’s Hydrocarbons Sector and Security Architecture, Turkey Positions Itself as a Gatekeeper
The West, in Its Universalist Hubris, Imports Incompatible Paradigms, Believing That Liberal Democracy Can Digest Everything, like an Omnivorous Leviathan
Prudence Dictates No Longer Trusting Turkey to Take Ownership over Any Sensitive Military Technology
Mogadishu’s Attempt to Portray Somaliland as a Separatist Project Ignores Operational Realities and Misrepresents the Historical Record
Why Can’t CAIR and MPAC Condemn Widespread Fraud in Minnesota?
The Federal Government Is Right to Investigate the Minnesota Fraud, but Should Recognize That What Happened Did Not Stay in Minnesota
Appeasing Somali Irredentists Today Will Mean a Far Broader War Tomorrow, One That Could Involve Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya
Somaliland Is a Successful Role Model for Democracy and a Free Market Economy in the Horn of Africa
A Disinformation Campaign Reveals the Somali Government’s Fear of Strategic Irrelevance
If the Goal Is to Preserve Somali Unity, Then Djibouti Is the Original Sin and a Glaring Attack on Somali Sovereignty
Trump Criticized the Widespread Somali Fraud Scheme Affecting Minnesota’s Social Services, but Somali Culture Is Not Somaliland’s
Israel and the United States Should Not Only Recognize but Also Establish Full Diplomatic Relations with Both Countries
The Biden Administration’s Decision in 2021 to Remove the Houthis from the U.S. List of Foreign Terror Organizations Weakened Deterrence by Reducing Political and Economic Pressure
Somaliland Has Functioned as an Independent State for Longer than It Was Part of Any Union with Somalia