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Reflections on Recent Military Politics in Somalia
Written by Medhane Tadesse
Saturday, 12 March 2011 09:29
Godane is erratic and unstable, overly obsessed with personal security and protection. He could be cutting and arrogant, and this provoked personal resentments. The TFG lacks basic physical fitness to wage war against the insurgency. It promotes dysfunctional politics and its army is still weak and demoralized.
Last Updated on Saturday, 12 March 2011 10:20
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Uprisings in the Arab World and Africa: What to make of it?
Written by Medhane Tadesse
Friday, 11 March 2011 10:55
For the citizens of several countries it has become a curiosity-driven enterprise. Many governments are clueless. Others are getting cold feet. And as with any self-interested institution, the military’s leaders can be counted on to ask: What’s in it for us, long and short term?
Last Updated on Friday, 11 March 2011 22:54
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Arab States: A Quagmire of Tyranny
Tuesday, 01 February 2011 19:02
Soumaya Ghannoushi
The postcolonial Arab state has always carried deficiency as part of its genetic make-up.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 February 2011 19:17
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Why Mubarak is out
Friday, 04 February 2011 21:05
Paul Amar
The nationalistic Armed Forces want to restore their honor and they are disgusted by police corruption and baltagiya brutality. And it seems that the military, now as “national capitalists,” have seen themselves as the blood rivals of the neoliberal “crony capitalists” associated with Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal who have privatized anything they can get their hands on and sold the country’s assets off to China, the US, and Persian Gulf capital.
Last Updated on Saturday, 05 February 2011 07:09
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Darfur is back
Sunday, 26 December 2010 18:04
Gerard Prunier
Now that the CPA is finally drifting towards its possibly bitter end, Darfur is becoming again a major front..
Last Updated on Sunday, 26 December 2010 18:22
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