The Widening Rift Between Trump and Europe Is a Strategic Gift to Putin. The latest rupture in trans-Atlantic relations is unfolding at a moment of acute...
As Vladimir Putin stepped off his aircraft in New Delhi and into an embrace from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the moment crystallized India’s increasingly complex diplomatic...
Israeli politics has become a blur of overlapping dramas, each one eclipsing the last before the dust even settles. In a matter of days, the country...
CRISIS AVERTED: Somaliland Crisis De-escalates as President Irro Prioritizes Peace Over Politics. President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro’s abrupt cancellation of the Xeer Ise event marks one...
The deadly unrest in Borama has crossed the threshold from an internal security failure to a strategic crisis with international consequences. What began as a local...
Assab vs. Berbera: Ethiopia’s Search for a Viable Path Back to the Sea. Ethiopia’s renewed insistence on securing sovereign access to the Red Sea has reopened...
The clandestine encounter in Dubai between two of Somaliland’s most influential former presidents, Dahir Riyale Kahin and Muse Bihi Abdi—the country’s “colonels”—is far more consequential than...
The ruling Waddani party is entering the most precarious moment of its young administration as a quiet but consequential showdown takes shape between President Abdirahman Mohamed...
HARGEISA / DOHA — Somaliland has crossed a diplomatic threshold that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. In a series of high-level engagements,...
Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin continues to insist that Russia is on the path to victory. The...
Clan Tensions and Cabinet Chaos: Inside President Irro’s Most Dangerous Political Test. HARGEISA — Not even a year into his presidency, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro finds...
U.S.–Russia Backchannel Diplomacy Raises Fears of Pressure on Kyiv. As Washington prepares for a new round of direct talks with Moscow, European leaders are bracing for...
Global Arms Revenues Hit Record $679 Billion as Nations Rush to Rearm. A new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows the world’s...
Somaliland Faces a Coordinated Misinformation Assault: Evidence of Foreign Influence Campaigns Emerges. The daily churn of online debate in Somaliland has begun to reveal something far...
How the Lebanese Militia Lost Its Core Myth – A Regional Analysis. For nearly four decades, Hezbollah built its legitimacy on a single, seductive narrative: that...
Why Erdogan Fears Missiles More Than Extremists Inside Turkey. Turkey says it needs its own Iron Dome. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved massive contracts for...
How Praise Triggered Rage: The Psychological Chess Behind Bihi’s Trap — A Friendship Shattered, A Party Divided. Hargeisa — The dramatic rupture between former President Muse...
Gulf States Deepen Their Reach Into Africa — and Reshape the Regional Balance. The expanding involvement of Gulf states across Africa marks a new phase in...
Somalia’s Geopolitical Blockade: War on Ethiopia, DP World, and the Global Supply Chain. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is engaged in an act of regional...
ECTN, e-Visa, and the Real Story: Somalia’s Chaos Serves Beijing, Not the Region. A widening geopolitical competition between global powers is increasingly shaping political turbulence in...