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Nassir Hussein Kahin

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Somaliland’s Strategic Moment: Geography Is Not Enough

Somaliland’s Strategic Moment: Geography Is Not Enough
26.09.2026 50

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Nassir Hussein Kahin

Berbera: The Missing Shore Of The Middle East Defense Shield

Berbera: The Missing Shore Of The Middle East Defense Shield
23.09.2026 70

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Short of US Recognition: What Is Next for Somaliland?

Short of US Recognition: What Is Next for Somaliland?
22.09.2026 100

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The Red Sea Map Has Changed. Western Strategy Has Not.

The Red Sea Map Has Changed. Western Strategy Has Not.

The Houthi breakthrough at Bab el-Mandeb should force Washington and its partners to reconsider an increasingly outdated Red Sea security...

22.09.2026 70

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Berbera: From Ancient Port to A Geopolitical Hot Spot

Berbera: From Ancient Port to A Geopolitical Hot Spot
19.09.2026 80

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The Hudson Backlash: What went wrong and what Somaliland must learn from it

18.09.2026 100

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US vs China in the Red Sea: Berbera, Taiwan, Israel and the Houthis

The contest around Somaliland is part of a wider struggle over trade, critical minerals, infrastructure, political influence and military access. As...

17.09.2026 70

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Irro Puts Somaliland on the Washington Financial Map

The Treasury secretary’s promise to examine Somaliland’s financial isolation gives President Irro’s visit a practical opening that could outlast...

16.09.2026 100

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Irro Puts Berbera on the Table and Washington Must Decide

An Editorial Assessment of The Hudson Institute address and the strategic choices now facing Somaliland and the United States At Hudson Institute,...

15.09.2026 70

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Somaliland Chose Taiwan and Israel: The Case for Trust and a Wider Partnership

14.09.2026 70

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9/11 – A Personal Remembrance: The Day the Screen Became Real

12.09.2026 70

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President Irro at Hudson: Somalia Has Allies. America Still Has Choices.

Why September 14 could test whether Somaliland can turn strategic momentum into a durable Washington coalition. President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi...

11.09.2026 150

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Mocha Falls. The Strategic Map Moves Again Anyways

The Houthi advance toward Bab el-Mandeb tests the Makkah Pact, exposes Djibouti and strengthens President Irro’s case in Washington The fall of...

10.09.2026 70

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The Bureaucracy Says Wait. The Strategic Map Says Move.

10.09.2026 80

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Free Speech Is Not Absolute—Neither Is Government Power

08.09.2026 100

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Somaliland: The US recognition window has opened

06.09.2026 100

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Tibor Nagy Exposes the Contradiction in Egypt’s Red Sea Strategy

As Cairo insists that Red Sea affairs belong to coastal states while demanding recognition of its downstream interests on the Nile, a former senior...

05.09.2026 100

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Ethiopia’s Red Sea Strategy and the Washington Battle Over Somaliland

04.09.2026 100

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The New Strategic Encirclement Around Somaliland: From Aden to South Somalia

03.09.2026 90

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The Red Sea Opening Israel Cannot Afford to Lose

02.09.2026 80

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Berbers: From Fortress Bases to Distributed Maritime Power Center

Why Berbera fits America’s changing Red Sea posture  Missile threats and disrupted shipping are pushing the United States to spread its operations...

30.08.2026 90

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A Warning, Not a Roadmap: Diagnosis, Not Endorsement

29.08.2026 70

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Red Sea Rerouted for Safer Trade Routes: Somaliland’s Berbera Port Moment

For decades, the commercial importance of the Red Sea rested on a simple calculation: it offered the shortest maritime route between Asia and...

25.08.2026 40

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Why Israel broke the Somaliland taboo

21.08.2026 100

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Somalia’s Strategy to Contain Somaliland: Israel Recognition Alone Is Not Enough

20.08.2026 100

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The Human Story Behind Somaliland’s Historic Recognition

Hargeisa, Somaliland. The Call that Changed the Geopolitical Map: There are moments in the life of a people when history does not knock politely on...

19.08.2026 80

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Somaliland Could Be the Abraham Accords’ African Test Case

Can the Abraham Accords evolve from a Middle Eastern normalization project into a practical model of Muslim–Jewish partnership, development and...

17.08.2026 100

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From Nairobi to Bab-El-Mandeb: Somaliland and the Emerging Counter-Alignment.

President Irro’s diplomatic outreach now intersects with a widening maritime-security network connecting Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Greece...

16.08.2026 100

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What Israelis Should Understand About Somaliland

Israel was the first UN member state to recognize Somaliland since 1991. The next test is whether recognition can become an equal, practical...

14.08.2026 100

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