The Somalia Conflict Revisited (eBook)

This book aims to examine how informality of spatial governance has influenced the evolution of the conflict in Somalia and the region. It not only reopens the debate over how the irregular conflicts can transcend national boundaries, but also presents the complexities of spatial governance on national and regional security. The book examines how socio-political and identity bonds play out in spatial governance sometimes resulting to informal control of vast national territories. The book argues that such informally governed spaces increase the level of security threat vulnerability at the national and regional levels. The book therefore adds to the existing literature which has not only to be dominated by discourses on the impact of identity on the conflict but also fall short of connecting the impact of informal spatial governance on security. Examining how informality in governance in one country can impact on the security of an entire region is a key consideration in emerging peacebuilding strategies.

Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, PhD is a lecturer at the National Defence College, a college of the National Defence University -Kenya. He currently holds the Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral fellowship at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland and is a non -resident fellow at the Irregular Warfare Initiative (a joint project of Princeton University and Westpoint).

Md. Nazmul Islam, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and Head of Türkiye, Asia, and Indo-Pacific Studies, ULISA at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Turkiye. He also teaches at the Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ankara University and the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBU). He worked as a Special Advisor at the Foreign Relations and Protocol Department, Grand National Assembly of Türkiye- Turkish Parliament (TBMM).

Billy Agwanda is a PhD Presidential Scholar at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Manson University. He is widely published on conflict, development and security related areas. His interests include peace and conflict resolution, critical terrorism studies, international security, and foreign policy analysis.