Strategic Interests

                          by J. Peter Pham, Ph.D.
  World Defense Review columnist 

The U.S. and Somaliland: A Road Map

     A great deal has transpired in the little over two months since I last raised the question of Somaliland in this column, repeating a call I made two years earlier: "Since the disintegration of the Siyad Barre’s oppressive Somali regime into Hobbesian anarchy and warlordism, the international community has staunchly defended the phantasmal existence of the fictitious entity known as ‘Somalia.’ Now, however, is the time for the United States to break ranks and let realism triumph over wishful thinking, not only recognizing, but actively supporting Somaliland,
a brave little land whose people’s quest for freedom and security mirrors America’s values . readmore