The International Crisis Group posted on 2 June 2022 a half hour podcast titled "How Somalia's Election Reshapes the Region" with Abdi Aynte, former journalist and former Somali minister of planning and international cooperation from 2015 to 2017 during President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's first term.
The author offers a positive account of the prospects for Hassan Sheikh's presidency. He says Hassan Sheikh intends to repair relations with neighbors and pursue a pragmatic foreign policy. He discussed Hassan Sheikh's approach to relations with neighbors, the wider region, and the West.
