The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published on 23 September 2026 an analysis titled " The Impacts of the Houthis' Adva...

  New Lines Magazine published on 16 September 2026 an article titled " Somaliland's Uphill Struggle for Recognition in Washington...

 The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies published in July 2026 a report titled " State of Somalia 2025 ." The report reviews th...

  Business Insider Africa published on 3 July 2026 an article titled " U.S. Military Outlines New Africa Strategy Built on Intelligenc...

 Eurasia Review published on 10 June 2026 an article titled "T he Head of US Africa Command Testifies before Congress on American Coun...

 The Washington Examiner published on 20 May 2026 an article titled " US Competing with Russia, China, and Terror Groups for Influence...

 The Institute for Economics and Peace posted on 30 March 2026 its " Global Terrorism Index 2026 ." Of the ten countries most impa...

  Ethiopia Insight  published on 24 March 2026 a commentary titled " The Looming War to Eclipse the Horn's Past Conflicts " by...

  The Wall Street Journal published on 28 July 2024 an article titled " Dozens of Russian Mercenaries Killed in Attack in Mali " ...

  The Hill published on 1 May 2024 an article titled " US Losing Ground to Russia in Geopolitical Battle Over Africa " by Brad Dr...

  Politico published on 22 April 2024 an article titled " US vs. Russia: Why the Biden Strategy in Africa May Be Failing " by Eri...

 The Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 5 April 2024 an analysis titled " Niger's Pivot to Moscow: What's Next for ...

  The Hill published on 2 April 2024 a commentary titled " The United States Needs to Get Troops Out of Niger " by William Walldo...

  Foreign Policy published on 4 March 2021 a commentary titled " Great-Power Competition Is Coming to Africa " by Marcus Hicks, r...

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

The Military Times posted on 26 December 2019 a commentary titled " Santa Did Not Deliver to 'The Youth' in Africa " by C...

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

Stars and Stripes published on 12 June 2019 an article titled " AFRICOM Commander Sees Recent Signs of Progress in Somalia " by C...

The Royal United Services for Defense and Security Studies posted on 8 May 2019 a commentary titled " Reinvigorating the Forgotten Fina...

The International Crisis Group (ICG) published on 27 June 2018 an analysis titled " Averting War in Northern Somalia ." The ICG...