Zain Ali

The sun sets on Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland and home to 1.2 million people. The city, largely rebuilt after being destroyed by the Barre regime, has made considerable progress but faces serious challenges due to limited access to foreign capital. Somaliland is a relative beacon of stability and state-building in a region where violence and poverty have become the norm, despite decades of foreign aid and intervention. The success of Somaliland stems  from its rejection of importing...

U.S. Coast Guard personnel patrol and practice boarding in the Gulf of Mexico. The Trump administration has made  its opinions clear on...

President Trump poses with NATO leaders at the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium in 2018. NATO has been an ever-present security...