Tag Archives: Somalia

Somalia’s Piracy Dilemma

Posted on November 10, 2012 by nathanalbright

Earlier this week I requested a book to review on Somali piracy as part of my naval history book review series, written by the former commander of the Task Force 151 who led a multinational fleet to combat piracy in … Continue reading →

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Busloads Of Somalians

Posted on November 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the funnier stories to me this year in a rather grim and nasty year for politics have been a lot of complaining about “busloads of Somalians” being loaded up to vote in Columbus, Ohio. Now, I have some … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Some Things Never Change, Some Things Do

Posted on June 24, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today I would like to talk about a way that life in Somaliland has not changed in decades, from the first-person account of a very long-lived Somalilander, as well as some ways that there has been a very recent and … Continue reading →

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Why Piracy Matters

Posted on April 26, 2012 by nathanalbright

Why does the failed state of Somalia (along with the failure of the world to recognize the independence of Somaliland) matter to the world? Why should the world care about the failure of nations like Somalia and Indonesia in integrating … Continue reading →

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Countries That Need To Get On The Bandwagon

Posted on April 13, 2012 by nathanalbright

Update: New views from Sudan and Cyprus, Sudan taken off the list. Guatemala taken off from the list also. Greenland has been taken off the list as well. Both Libya and Burma (Myanmar) have been taken off the list as … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Establishing Sovereignty, German Anti-Piracy Solution

Posted on March 29, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today I would like to talk about two recent developments in the Horn of Africa that I believe are related to each other through a connection of how legitimacy for actions is developed and acquired in the contemporary world scene. … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Don’t Look Back

Posted on February 24, 2012 by nathanalbright

It looks like Somaliland took advantage of the opportunity of the London conference and made a clear case for independence in front of an international audience of policy makers, making a principled stand rather than allowing itself to be sucked … Continue reading →

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How To Create An Asabiya Black Hole

Posted on February 14, 2012 by nathanalbright

There are some areas of the world that seem immune to good government, that seem to anarchical that there is no hope of bringing any kind of unity to them–Sicily, Haiti, Somalia, and Afghanistan spring to mind. In these realms … Continue reading →

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Subtraction By Addition

Posted on January 16, 2012 by nathanalbright

Having recently talked about the phenomenon of addition by subtraction [1], I would like to talk about its inverse, subtraction by addition. This is the imperial problem in a nutshell, the result of the mistaken belief that bigger is better. … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Rebuilding The Ruins

Posted on January 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

In today’s Somaliland Update we have a few reports that demonstrate how Somaliland is working to rebuild itself (with a little bit of help and a lot of efforts from its own people) from the serious damage caused more than … Continue reading →

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