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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Somalia</title>
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		<title>Leave Somalia to the Islamists?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/10/leave-somalia-to-the-islamists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/10/leave-somalia-to-the-islamists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last week&#8217;s Newsweek, Andrew Bast argued that outsiders might be well-served by standing aside as the Islamist Al-Shabab group attempts to seize control of more of the country.
Bast writes that:

&#8220;The Islamist group is far from monolithic, and could well splinter without a foreign enemy to rally against.&#8221;  Foreign military intervention provides that rallying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radicals gain in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/28/radicals-gain-in-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/28/radicals-gain-in-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports on the gains of the Islamist rebels in Somalia &#8212; and on unintended (but not unanticipated) consequences:
The scenario now unfolding in Somalia is the one a U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion nearly two years ago had been intended to thwart: a takeover by radical Islamists.  At the time, Ethiopian forces ousted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates in a multipolar world</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/21/pirates-in-a-multipolar-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/21/pirates-in-a-multipolar-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Somali pirates have managed to invoke the multipolar 21st century:

The European Union is sending a force of 20 warships to patrol around the Horn of Africa, including countries such as Spain and Sweden, an unusual display of military power by the organization.
China is also sending three warships, a striking extension of its global reach. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrorism: bases and nukes</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/21/terrorism-bases-and-nukes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/21/terrorism-bases-and-nukes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy magazine and the Center for American Progress polled 108 foreign affairs experts across the political spectrum about terrorism and related issues.
Asked what country is likely to be the next al Qaeda stronghold, the experts said:

Pakistan &#8212; 35%
Iraq &#8212; 22%
Somalia &#8212; 11%
Sudan &#8212; 8%
Afghanistan &#8212; 7%

The experts also put Pakistan at the head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-determination: odds on 6 new states</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/self-determination-odds-on-6-new-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/self-determination-odds-on-6-new-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/self-determination-odds-on-6-new-states/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy offers the odds on six new states achieving independence:
1. Kosovo
Odds &#8212; &#8220;strong&#8221;: driven by US and EU support, it has a good shot at full independence from Serbia
2. South Sudan
Odds &#8212; &#8220;not great&#8221;: a 2011 &#8220;referendum will probably happen; and it will probably come out in favor of independence; and Khartoum will almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia dangers</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/28/somalia-dangers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/28/somalia-dangers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued a warning on Somalia today.  It begins:
The draft resolution the U.S. intends to present to the UN Security Council on 29 November could trigger all-out war in Somalia and destabilise the entire Horn of Africa region by escalating the proxy conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to dangerous new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: toward Taliban on the Horn of Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/04/somalia-toward-taliban-on-the-horn-of-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/04/somalia-toward-taliban-on-the-horn-of-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/04/somalia-toward-taliban-on-the-horn-of-africa/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The WP reports that fundamentalists are edging out the moderates for control of the Islamic militias.
The first hints of change came when militia members forced the closure, in some neighborhoods, of cinemas showing the World Cup and films they deemed too sexually explicit. Some young women opted for more conservative head coverings, some young men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: four scenarios</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/06/16/somalia-four-scenarios/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/06/16/somalia-four-scenarios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 15 years without a central government, Somalia is showing signs of movement.  It is not clear where it is going, however.
Two new forces are at work: a weak internationally-supported transitional government has been formed, and last week Islamic militias seized the capital, driving out warlords apparently backed by the US.
Several possible scenarios could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States in danger of failing</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/10/states-in-danger-of-failing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/10/states-in-danger-of-failing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign policy and the Fund for Peace have released their annual Failed States Index, a valuable tool for tracking potential instability.
Foreign Policy explains:
The category of “failed states” has become part of the strategic vernacular, and it has many definitions. For the purposes of this index, a failing state is one in which the government does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates of Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/19/pirates-of-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/19/pirates-of-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that US warships opened fire on suspected pirates in international waters off the coast of Somalia. A US naval officer notes that waters around Somalia &#8216;are infested with pirates, seaborne armed robbers who board any boat or ship they can approach and rob the crew at gunpoint.&#8217;
Somalia is the least-governed country [...]]]></description>
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