The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  War on the Rocks published on 18 February 2026 an analysis titled " China Now Finds Itself in Al-Qaeda's Crosshairs " by Co...

 The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published on 28 May 2025 an analysis titled " Expanding Al-Shabaab-Houthi Ties Escalate Securi...

  Geopolitical Monitor published on 19 February 2025 an analysis titled " Houthis Emerge from Red Sea Shipping Crisis Unscathed "...

 The CTC Sentinel published in December 2024 an analysis titled " Looking West: The Houthis' Expanding Footprint in the Horn of Af...

 The New York-based Soufan Center published on 5 November 2024 an article titled " Houthis Continue Regional and Global Expansion, Netw...

 The U.S. Naval Institute News published on 6 August 2024 the Congressional Research Service in Focus report titled " Yemen: Conflict,...

The Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 23 July 2020 a commentary titled " Can Sudan Escape Its History as a Transit Hub for...

The American Enterprise Institute published in October 2019 a study titled " Beyond Counterterrorism: Defeating the Salafi-Jihadi Movem...

The Middle East Institute published on 25 April 2017 a commentary titled " The Horn of Africa's Growing Importance to the U.A.E....

Foreign Affairs published on 3 January 2017 an article titled " Al-Shabab's Resurgence: Why Its Campaign of Terror Will Likely Acc...

Foreign Policy published on 9 March 2016 a commentary titled " U.S. Attacks Reveal Al-Shabab's Strength, Not Weakness "  by T...

China Radio International on 14 October 2013 ran an hour-long, wide-ranging panel discussion about recent developments in Somalia, the West...

Aljazeera 's " Inside Story " for 12 February 2013 is a 25-minute program on efforts to lift the arms embargo on Somalia.  Fo...

The Stimson Center in Washington released in April two papers dealing with Somali piracy and other security issues in the Indian Ocean by Ru...