Somalia's president has declared a state of emergency following weeks of intense fighting, and the government has requested foreign troops from neighboring countries to help stabilize the troubled nation. A Worldfocus contributing blogger describes how Somalia's neighbors have reacted to the request for intervention.
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Perspectives
June 22, 2009
Kenya undecided as Somalia pleads for assistance
Perspectives
January 12, 2009
U.S. wages a new kind of war in Africa
A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes about a new kind of war seen in several African conflicts, one waged in courtrooms and by means of humanitarian aid.
Perspectives
January 2, 2009
Can Israel’s military succeed in Gaza?
Worldfocus contributor Hampton Stephens, editor-in-chief of World Politics Review, writes about prospects for an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza and the state of the Israeli military.
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January 2, 2009
Israeli ground invasion of Gaza considered imminent
Hampton Stephens, the editor-in-chief and publisher of World Politics Review, discusses Israeli response to Hamas rockets and likely tactics in an Israeli ground invasion.
