Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding - Softcover

Elmi, Afyare Abdi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906387761 ISBN 13: 9781906387761

Verlag: Pambazuka Press, 2010

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Devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, Somalia has long been without a central government. Against this background of violence and instability, Somali-born Afyare Abdi Elmi attempts to find a peace-building consensus. Somalia is a 'failed' state and a Muslim state, a combination which leads to the Western assumption that Somalia will become a breeding ground for extremism. Furthermore, the country is regularly in international news headlines as a piracy hotspot. The amalgamation of internal division and outside interference makes for an intensely hostile landscape. Elmi shows that only when the roots of the conflict are explored can the long process of peace-building begin. He suggests that clan identities, Islam and the roles of other regional actors will be key to whether peace is achieved. This is a unique account from an author who truly understands Somalia and should be required reading for students and academics of international relations and peace/conflict studies.

Biografía del autor:

Afyare Abdi Elmi teaches at the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University.

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• Verlag: Pambazuka Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906387761
• ISBN 13: 9781906387761
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224