| In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bruton, Bronwyn
Foreign Affairs, November/December 2009, v88, #6, pp79-94
"The US government needs to change its Somalia policy -- and fast. For the better part of two decades, instability and violence have confounded US and international efforts to bring peace to Somalia. The international community's repeated attempts to create a government have failed, even backfired. The US' efforts since 9/11 to prevent Somalia from becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda have alienated large parts of the Somali population, polarized the country's diverse Islamist reform movement into moderate and extremist camps, and propelled indigenous Salafi jihadist groups to power. For now, the US should commit itself to a strategy that promotes development without regard to governance."
Bronwyn Bruton is an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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