Defeating Al-Shabaab and Dismembering Somalia

Aljazeera published on 1 July 2014 commentary titled "Defeating Al-Shabaab and Dismembering Somalia" by Abdi Ismail Samatar, University of Minnesota.  Highly critical of current policy by the Somali government and the international community, Samatar concludes that "al-Shabaab might no longer have the capacity to control large areas, but its defeat will likely produce a failed country with a failed state vulnerable to foreign domination."