Friday, May 6, 2022

Solving Somalia's Security Crisis

 Newsweek published on 5 May 2022 a commentary titled "Biden Needs to Look Beyond the Military to Solve Somalia's Security Crisis" by Marcel Plichta, University of St. Andrews.

Returning several hundred soldiers to Somalia removed by the Trump administration will not win the war against al-Shabaab and solve the country's governance problems.  The Biden administration needs to prioritize non-military policies to address Somalia's security crisis.