Opinion
Somalia is walking in Afghanistan’s footsteps
In his 2010 memoir Decision Points, former United States President George W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in the...
Read More »To understand China’s plans for Afghanistan, take a look at Somalia
The term “The Great Game” was coined to describe the great power competition between tsarist Russia and the British Empire in Afghanistan during t...
Read More »Why Somalia’s grand strategies aren’t working
Afghanistan shows that billions of dollars and years of international support aren’t enough. Somalia’s insecurity problem needs a Somali solution....
Read More »Ten Years On: Turkey’s growing smart power in Somalia
Turkey’s growing smart power approach in Somalia significant for both sides...
Read More »Breaking the chains: understanding Somali mental health barriers and health inequalities.
Somalis globally suffer from mental health problems at a higher rate - 1 in 3 - compared to the general population. According to the United Nations Re...
Read More »Imagining Al-Shabaab’s way to Villa Somalia in the Lenses of Taliban Conquests of Presidential Palace in Kabul: Is it Possible?
This short piece attempts to shed lights on the similarities and differences between the two groups: Taliban (TB) and A-Shabaab (AS) in the lenses of ...
Read More »U.S. is bombing Somalia repeatedly with zero accountability
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography," as a popular saying goes. Perhaps nowhere does this apply more than Somalia....
Read More »PM Roble is Making the Same Mistakes as His Predecessor “Kheyre”
Mr. Mohamed Hussein Roble was largely an unknown individual before his appointment as Prime Minister; with no experience in public office, he neverthe...
Read More »The Lucky—Unlucky President!
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was the happiest and the most promising president elect in the nation’s recent history when he won the presiden...
Read More »Garissa County: Problems in the Health Sector
The central duty of establishing governments of all levels local, state, and national level throughout the world; is to improve the livelihood of its ...
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