Somalia
A Compliant Federal Government in Mogadishu Protects Turkey’s Offshore Concessions, Its Naval Access, and Its Base Facilities
If Recognizing Israel Were Incompatible with Islamic Governance, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Would Be Missing Half Its Members
The Project Is the Newest, Most Consequential Layer in a Turkish Project to Convert Somalia Into a Forward Operating Base
A Government That Threatens a Global Shipping Lane While Losing Ground to a Jihadist Insurgency Is Not Projecting Strength
Displays of Military Capability Project Control, Deter Challengers, and Signal Continuity
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