Somalia's Failing State -- A Commentary

From The Atlantic Council:

Once again, a crisis is brewing in Somalia, this time compounded by the global impact of piracy around its waters. And once again, it illustrates several dimensions of the global governance deficit arising from the challenge of weak and failing states, still, all too often, largely unmet.

While the explosion of piracy in and around its waters that is disrupting international shipping has become front-page news, the more fundamental problem of Somalia as a failed state with no unitary government for almost two decades is now resurfacing. Why? Well, Ethiopian troops, whose presence in Somalia the United States has encouraged because they have helped stave off radical Islamists threatening to seize power, are threatening to depart.

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