Somalia seems to offer more intriguing evidence about how governments often must come to terms with militias, insurgent forces and other such informal armed groups in countries around the Arab-Asian region – and the roles these entities play where formal governments appear unable to deliver the basic requirements of statehood.
10.31.2008
US foreign policy in need of reassessment
If you are keeping score of U.S. President George W. Bush's foreign military adventures, under "Somalia" you should probably chalk up another one for the Americans in the "loss" column. But the latest developments in Somalia are not only fascinating for what they tell us about the misconduct of American foreign policy in recent years.
