Tag: Horn of Africa geopolitics

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Israel Names Veteran Diplomat as Ambassador to Somaliland; Somalia Threatens to Close the Bab el-Mandeb

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Formally, the appointment of Michael Lotem as Israel's first ambassador to the Republic of Somaliland is an administrative act, the credentialing of a diplomat...
Opinion

Why the Indo-Pacific Must Embrace, Not Just Follow, Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

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By Hiroko Kasai On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel made a decision that many in the West and East Asia had whispered about...
Opinion

The Region Denies Somaliland. The Region Relies on It.

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by Shay Gal On 26 December 2025, Israel did what every capital at the Red Sea’s southern gate had modelled privately and dismissed publicly: it...
Opinion

A Jewish Case for Recognizing Somaliland 

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gidion Sa'ar in the Republic of Somaliland with President Abdirahman Abdillahi "Irro".
Editorial

Identity on the Move: What Does It Mean to Be Somalilander?

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A moment of validation is also a moment of interrogation. As Somaliland steps onto the world stage, Somalilanders are asked to define Somaliland’s identity...
Geopolitics

The State the World Pretends Not to See

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By Shay Gal From afar, it is easy to lecture Somaliland about patience and realism. Distance makes such advice costless. What is harder is to...
Editorial

Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland: Why now and what next?

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By Mohamed Abdilahi Duale A line has been crossed, and there is no going back. On 26 December, Israel became the first country to recognize...
Analysis

Somaliland-Ethiopia MoU 2.0?: After Ankara, Why a Pact is Now Inevitable

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The recent collapse of Turkish-led mediation between Ethiopia and Somalia has inadvertently proven the strategic indispensability of the Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU. Ankara's attempt to resolve...

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As Mogadishu Descends Into Conflict, Washington’s Representative to Somalia Visits Somaliland

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What the State Department’s Somaliland Assessment Actually Says — and Why It Matters

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