Stability in Somalia
The United States’ interests in Somalia are simple: stability. Since 1991, the country’s failed state has been a constant source of...
Requiem for a Nascent Democracy
From the ruins of a twelve year civil war, Burundi held presidential elections in August of 2005 to a great deal of optimism. Only a...
Kenyan interests in Somalia
During the summer of 2011, Al-Shabaab militants orchestrated several attacks in Kenya – fueled in large part by irredentist claims over...
AMISOM
In 2004, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia was formed following yearlong negotiations in Addis Ababa, Djibouti and...