by John Feffer, Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Hussein Yusuf | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Francis Njubi Nesbitt Hussein Yusuf’s essay on the Obama administration’s challenges in Somalia argues that Somalia poses a grave danger to the United States. He argues that piracy threatens “the supply of oil and commercial trade to the West.”...
by John Feffer, Hussein Yusuf | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Somalia poses a grave danger to the United States and the Horn of Africa today. Despite the U.S. “Global War on Terror,” piracy in the Gulf of Aden threatens the supply of oil and commercial trade to the West. Islamic extremists threaten the stability of...
by John Feffer, Francis Njubi Nesbitt | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Among the litany of booby traps left by the Bush administration for the Obama team, Somalia could be one of the most complicated and bizarre. The crisis there is also an opportunity, however, as one of the main obstacles to all-party peace talks was the Bush...
by John Feffer, Sharad Joshi, Mehlaqa Samdani | Jun 26, 2008 | War & Peace
In Preparing for Peace in Pakistan and Is Pakistan Appeasing the Taliban?, Mehlaqa Samdani and Sharad Joshi offered different interpretations of the ongoing negotiations between the Pakistani government and extremist groups operating along the country’s...
by John Feffer, Sharad Joshi | Jun 13, 2008 | War & Peace
In May 2008, in the midst of the ongoing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Islamabad concluded at least two peace agreements with Taliban and Taliban-linked groups operating in Pakistan. Although negotiations with the Taliban are necessary for any broad-based peace...
