The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  Visual Capitalist published on 2 September 2025 a chart titled "V isualizing China's Crude Oil Imports by Country " by Doro...

  CNN posted on 19 July 2025 an article titled " 'Nothing Has Changed': Iran Tries to Rearm Proxy Groups as US Talks Stall ...

 The Associated Press published on 16 May 2025 an article titled " Children Die as USAID Cuts Snap a Lifeline for the World's Most...

  Reuters published on 8 April 2025 an article titled " Trump Administration Moves to Restore Some Terminated Foreign Aid Programs, So...

 The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Sentinel July/August 2024 issue contains an article titled " The Death of an Islamic Sta...

 The Atlantic Council published on 9 August 2024 a report titled " What Attacks on Shipping Mean for the Global Maritime Order " b...

 The Jamestown Foundation published on 28 August 2023 an analysis titled " Chinese PSCs in MENA: The Cases of Iraq and (South) Sudan ...

 Abu Dhabi-based TRENDS Research and Advisory published on 14 May 2023 an analysis titled " The Indian Ocean: Moscow's New Naval P...

  The National Interest published on 24 October 2020 an article titled " Why the Muslim Middle East Supports China's Xinjiang Crac...

The New Arab published on 13 March 2019 an article titled " Iraq and Sudan Show How Climate Change Fuels War " by Austin Bodetti,...

The Hill published on 19 February 2019 a commentary titled " The US and UN Are Repeating Iraq-style Mistakes in Somalia " by Mich...

The Associated Press published on 6 December 2018 an article titled " Bloody Rivalry Erupts between Al-Shabab, Islamic State Group in ...

Foreign Policy published on 14 January 2016 an article titled " Meet China's Killer Drones " by Adam Rawnsley.  It describes ...

Foreign Policy published on 3 January 2016 an article titled " 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016 " by Jean-Marie  Guehenno.  Four of ...

Foreign Policy published on 2 January 2015 an article titled " 10 Wars to Watch in 2015 " by Jean-Marie Guehenno.  The discussion...

BBC Radio 5 Live "Up All Night" program asked me to comment 22 November 2014 on the al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan civilians traveli...

China Radio International broadcast on 5 August 2014 a 25 minute program on the situation in Libya .  It consists of three separate intervi...

The Kurdistan Tribune published on 25 July 2014 commentary titled " Kurdistan Independence: Gleam of Hope for Somaliland " by Mo...

The Diplomat published on 25 June 2014 a brief analysis titled " The Pitfalls to China's Mideast Policy " by Jeffrey Payne, N...

In September 2010, Somali specialist Mark Bradbury published a paper titled " State-building, Counterterrorism and Licensing Humanitari...