Famine in Somalia: A Wake-Up Call for Western Foreign Policy-Makers
The Horn of Africa famine continues to claim lives and livelihoods across south-central Somalia, the heartland of the Al-Shabaab insurgency where neither the government nor the international community...
View ArticleChanging Tactics: Shabaab in Somalia
Will the international community seize the opportunity presented by the famine in the Horn of Africa to re-energise its efforts against Al-Shabaab and develop a sustained campaign of assistance for...
View ArticleTime to Secure Somalia
In the last few weeks, gangs based in Somalia kidnapped tourists visiting Kenya. Just a few days later, a massive suicide bomb ripped through Mogadishu, claiming dozens of lives and shattering the...
View ArticleThe MV Montecristo operation a promising step in the right direction?
UK naval forces have stepped up anti-piracy operations and the use of force in the Indian Ocean. This could, however, signal an escalation and lead to a more dangerous phase in the battle against...
View ArticleSomali Piracy: Why Should We Care?
How can the international community best deal with the single biggest maritime threat since the Second World War? (Free access)
View ArticleSanctuary, Shipowners and Paying Ransoms: Refocusing Counter-piracy Policy in...
The international community can contain piracy in the short-term by denying the pirates sanctuary, engaging shipowners and avoiding the temptation to ban ransoms
View ArticlePirates and Power Politics: Naval Presence and Grand Strategy in the Horn of...
Counter-piracy operations have proved to be a useful way for states to expand their influence in a strategically significant region
View ArticleMaritime Piracy: Return of the World's Second-oldest Security Problem
The problem of piracy has long exercised the minds of statesmen and military strategists alike. A survey of this history offers a treasure trove of tried and tested solutions
View ArticleSomalia's 2012 Agenda
Somalia has until August to complete political reform, inaugurate a new constitution and hold national elections before the end of the transitional period. It must also capitalise on the Kenyan...
View ArticleTackling Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
Lizz Pearson speaks with analyst Dominick Donald who recently wrote in the RUSI Journal analysing the piracy threat off the coast of Somalia.
View ArticleEastern Africa: A Regional Stake in Counter-Insurgency
Somalia will continue to dominate the 2012 agenda for East African states as the humanitarian impact of famine and ongoing fighting pulls in regional and international actors. Now embroiled in military...
View ArticleA Fine Talking Shop: The London Conference on Somalia
Initial reflections on the high-level international conference on Somalia to agree a shared agenda on piracy, terrorism and development.
View ArticleCountering Piracy: The Challenge of Prosecution
With growing international success in disrupting pirate attacks, the greatest challenge now facing counter-piracy is posed by the logistics and costs involved in prosecution
View ArticleWhen History is Not Made: The End of Somalia's Transition
The news of Ethiopian Meles Zenawi's death may have eclipsed the inauguration of Somalia's new parliament - an event the UN has called a 'watershed moment' in Somalia's history. But with political and...
View ArticleWith Al-Shabaab on the Run, Kenya Moves on Kismaayo
After nearly a year in Somalia, Kenya is preparing to commence its assault on Kismaayo, Al-Shabaabs strategic and financial outpost, and the current front line of the concerted counter-insurgency...
View ArticleSharing a Common Picture on Piracy
A concentrated multinational presence, coupled with the exploitation of an increasingly diverse range of data, is successfully informing counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere....
View ArticleStructuring the State: Federal Choices in Somalia
As the London Conference on Somalia reconvenes, the focus remains on concerns surrounding the durability of the federal governmental structure
View ArticleA Volatile and Dangerous World
The world is becoming less stable and more unpredictable, with threats emerging seemingly out of the blue. Robert Fox highlights some of the geopolitical conditions that will have to be addressed if...
View ArticleThe Al-Shabaab attacks on Nairobi
Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI, discusses the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi on 21 September 2013. He explores the strategy deployed by the group, and what this means for...
View ArticleThe Westgate Nairobi Attack: A Sign of the Diversified Threat from Al-Qaida
The locus of countering Al-Qaida style terrorism has now shifted overseas, with Western governments facing a new and complex set of issues that have been brought into particular focus by recent events...
View ArticleSoft Powering the Empire: British Military Bands, Influence and Cultural...
In the inter-war years, military bands played an important role in maintaining British influence over its empire through soft power.
View ArticleThe African Solution: AMISOM and Somalia
Whilst the gains made by AMISOM in Somalia have been significant, without sustained international commitment the progress could be reversed
View ArticleRUSI to Implement Project on Counter Violent Extremism for the European Union
The Royal United Services Institute has embarked on a major programme of work to develop best practices to counter violent extremism in the Horn of Africa.
View ArticleThe Renaissance at Sea: A New Era for Maritime NATO
As NATO shifts from a campaign to a contingency focus, there will be renewed emphasis on its maritime strategy
View ArticleIs the Nexus Between the Illegal Wildlife and Forestry Trade and...
Deprived of traditional methods of funding from donor countries and the diaspora, terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab are turning to the illegal wildlife and forestry trade to sustain their activities.
View ArticleA Force Defeated? The Challenges Facing Al-Shabaab
In the wake of the death of former Al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, how will the group evolve in response to the many challenges it faces?
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