Securitizing migration, the Kenyan state creates silent security by allowing influential voices to link Somali refugees within its borders to terrorist networks.
Director Andy Wolff talks about piracy and acquisition of information by experience, through the many subjects he tackles in his documentaries – a useful reminder for IR.
Despite international pressure, Al Shabaab has done a good job of avoiding defeat and adapting to new challenges throughout East Africa.
Daniels’ popular non-fiction approach to the the topic of piracy and terrorism in Somalia provides anecdotal ‘evidence’ but little new in terms of fact or theoretical advances.
Unfortunately, Murphy’s book is a neo-colonial rendering of piracy: neither a worthy introduction to piracy and Islam in Somalia, nor does it provide new material or analysis for the trained eye.
This is not the time for the international community to try to control Somalia. Rather, it is time for the Somali government to step up and do what good governments are expected to do.
When it comes to constitution-making, the process is vitally important. Somalia’s constitution-making process is deeply flawed. Political expedience, secrecy, exclusion and hastiness overshadow the entire outcome.
While it is clear that the great majority of Somalis wish to find a path to peace, it is not at all clear that they support a strong, central government.
By presenting Somalia as the world’s worst country, elements of the media are not only doing Somalia a disservice, they are blinding the world to the opportunities the country has to offer.
While foreign forces in Somalia that oppose al-Shabaab can help degrade its capacity, they cannot defeat al-Shabaab any more than al-Shabaab and its foreign jihadis can defeat the forces aligned against them.
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