TY - JOUR
T1 - The Global War on Terror in Somalia: the Politics of Destabilization
AU - Malito, Debora
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - During the last three decades, Somalia has become an arena of persistent conflict. After 9/11 and the escalation of the Global War on Terror (GWoT), the study of the Somali crisis has been monopolized by the Failed State Orthodoxy, a modernization approach and narrative which elaborates on the association existing between state failure and international terrorism. While the study of global security challenges generated by ‘failed states’ has received great emphasis, the domestic challenges produced by foreign interveners has received, so far, less systematic scrutiny. In contrast with the Failed State Orthodoxy, this article explores a set of historical events that are useful for revealing the politics of destabilization activated by the Global War on Terror in Somalia.
AB - During the last three decades, Somalia has become an arena of persistent conflict. After 9/11 and the escalation of the Global War on Terror (GWoT), the study of the Somali crisis has been monopolized by the Failed State Orthodoxy, a modernization approach and narrative which elaborates on the association existing between state failure and international terrorism. While the study of global security challenges generated by ‘failed states’ has received great emphasis, the domestic challenges produced by foreign interveners has received, so far, less systematic scrutiny. In contrast with the Failed State Orthodoxy, this article explores a set of historical events that are useful for revealing the politics of destabilization activated by the Global War on Terror in Somalia.
UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311935126_The_Global_War_on_Terror_in_Somalia_the_Politics_of_Destabilization
M3 - Article
JO - The Annual Review of Islam in Africa
JF - The Annual Review of Islam in Africa
ER -
