58. Iran: A Vietnam, Not a Venezuela
Iran has found something more powerful than a nuclear bomb: the ability to hold global energy and the world economy hostage through critical chokepoints.
Iran has found something more powerful than a nuclear bomb: the ability to hold global energy and the world economy hostage through critical chokepoints.
Israel and Somaliland share the experience of being unrecognised by neighbours who wish them gone. But Israel under Netanyahu is creating more enemies than friends, and the Abraham Accords must deliver a final resolution.
Somaliland's Israeli recognition has collapsed two timelines. Sovereignty and Islamic renewal must now happen simultaneously, offering a confident counter-model to militarised political theology.
When UK Labour compares Somaliland to Scotland, they reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of what a failed state, an unratified union, and 35 years of separation actually mean.
Why condemning state recognition is as absurd as throwing tantrums over someone else's lunch order, and how Somaliland ticks all the boxes.
What the diaspora can learn from Ilhan Omar's political career and the paradox of local success versus national failure.
As Trump pursues historic legacy over incremental process, Somaliland recognition offers the rare win-win that creates powerful optics while genuinely improving Africa's geopolitical landscape.
In the era of late Somaliland President Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Somalilanders have adopted a constitution that limits the number of political parties to three. This was a lesson learned from the 1969 elections in the Somali republic when 64 parties contested in the elections. These parties were proxies for sub-clans who wanted representation. No one offered political choices based on ideology and policies.
Today, I asked the question which is what is the best city in Somaliland in terms of weather? I thought it must be either Sheikh or Daalo mountains but it's neither one of them.