Rebuilding armies in southern Somalia
What currently should donors realistically aim for
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5680883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin D Robinson (African Research Institute, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary), Colin Robinson (0000-0003-4502-3954, Obuda University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-336 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict Security and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14678802.2021.1940773 |
| OpenAlex | W3167982044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
Improving defence accountability and effectiveness is even more difficult when wars are actively underway. Southern Somalia bears considerable resemblance to previous counterinsurgency theatres in Afghanistan and Iraq, and thus considerations of defence assistance should be actively informed by those campaigns. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) intervention force has been critical to seizing much of the towns and terrain now freed from the Islamist Al-Shabaab insurgents. But after 13 years AMISOM’s power is waning. There are vanishingly few instant and game-changing initiatives donors could take quickly to aid the build-up of Somali military forces either at the federal or regional levels. Yet decentralised Federal Member State governments represent important political forces in southern Somalia, and since 2012 efforts have been made to reinforce them. Perhaps the most immediate action that donors could take to aid the build-up of legitimate Somali military forces is to supply and work with, not just the Federal Government’s forces as has long been the case, but also the various military forces maintained by the Federal Member States
Accountability · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Somali · Engineering · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
Thinking Outside the Compound
State-building through security sector reform
Security sector reform in conflict-affected countries
Security sector reform in Afghanistan
Peacekeepers Fighting a Counterinsurgency Campaign
Learning as we go
Revisiting the rise and fall of the Somali Armed Forces, 1960–2012
Laudable, ahistorical and overambitious
Postconflict Reconstruction in Africa
Army reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2003-2009
The myth of liberal peace-building
Hybrid security governance in Africa
Disarming Somalia
Our Latest Longest War
Calm between the storms? Patterns of political violence in Somalia, 1950-1980
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |