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Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations of State-building
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 06:47:39 PM by mb4

Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations of State-building

Briefing Paper
Sally Healy and Ginny Hill, October 2010

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Yemen and Somalia face parallel challenges: insurgencies, terrorism, economic hardship, and ineffective governments that are perceived to lack legitimacy.

Western engagement in Yemen and Somalia is based on a state-building framework involving diplomacy, development and defence. Yet the priority attached to security-sector interventions undermines the balance of political and economic actions needed for this approach to succeed.

There is a growing tendency among the Western policy community to amalgamate the risk emanating from Yemen and Somalia, on the basis that al-Qaeda affiliates in both countries are recruiting Western citizens, and have the potential to work more closely together.

Both AQAP and al-Shabaab have developed successful narratives around injustice that are not being addressed by existing Western interventions.

On the contrary, Western policies are contributing to a sense among some Yemenis and Somalis of being 'under attack' and are drawing them towards radicalization and militancy.

The threat of radicalization extends throughout the far-flung diasporas of Somalia and Yemen, defying efforts at containment within the two countries and requiring new thinking about stemming the appeal of radicalism at source.

Conventional counter-terrorism and counter-piracy strategies are hindered by the existence of multi-million-dollar shadow business networks spanning the Gulf of Aden.

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/960/

Replies:

West may fuel Yemen, Somali militancy-report - By mb4 October 22, 2010 at 06:49:04 PM

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The Anatomy of al-Shabaab - By mb4 October 22, 2010 at 06:34:35 PM

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