Counterterrorism Has Replaced State-Building in Somalia – And It’s Failing
Burundi peacekeepers prepare for next rotation to Somalia. For decades, international policy toward Somalia has been framed around the single objective to defeat Al‑Shabaab, an al-Qaeda aligned terrorist group that emerged from Somalia’s civil war and has fought the Somali government and international peacekeeping forces since the mid-2000s. From mass casualty bombings to attacks on aid workers, the group’s violence poses a profound threat to Somali civilians and institutions. Yet the...
