Monday, May 16, 2016

Somaliland: External Assistance and Political Settlement

International Affairs published in its May 2016 edition a study titled "When Less Was More: External Assistance and the Political Settlement in Somaliland" by Sarah G. Phillips.

The study explores the ways in which Somaliland's isolation fostered mutual dependence between powerful political and economic actors for their survival and prosperity. It suggests that a focus on the dynamics of this mutual dependence offers an alternative perspective to that presented in the majority of statebuilding literature.