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T1 Post-Communism and Disintegration: Somalia in the New World Order
A1 Arconada Ledesma, Pablo
K1 Historia
K1 Historia Contemporánea
K1 Somalia
K1 Failed State
K1 Siad Barre
K1 Post-Communism
K1 55 Historia
K1 5504.02 Historia Contemporánea
K1 5901 Relaciones Internacionales
AB The years after the Cold War were characterized as a confusing period, both at a globaland a regional level. From the ashes of communism rose a new world order that alteredthe previous situation not only in Europe, but also in America, Africa and Asia. In thisway, many countries were affected by the change, especially in the African continent,which for decades had become a board on which communist and liberal powers facethrough the so-called proxy wars. Likewise, Somalia suffered the consequences of the newinternational situation which had already developed in the late 1980s. This country, whichwas a socialist state, but which surprisingly was an ally of the United States, suffered since1991 a process of unprecedented state collapse, becoming the paradigm of Failed State.Post-communism in the Horn of Africa is a period of instability because of terrorism,piracy and warlordism. This is situation is a direct consequence of the collapse thatSomalia suffered in 1991. The objective of this paper will be based on analyzing the maincauses that triggered the civil war and the disintegration of Somalia. Although the internalcauses (clan group, weak state, conflicts, etc.) have traditionally been exposed as the mainreasons for this collapse, it is necessary to take into account other external reasons suchas the new international strategies, the regional situation or the progressive disinterest ofthe United States in supporting Siad Barre’s regime. Considering all these causes, it willbe possible to wholly understand why Somalia became a Failed State.
SN 1584-224X
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64490
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64490
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NO Arconada Ledesma, P., “Post-Communism and Disintegration: Somalia in the New World Order”, Revista de Stiinte Politice, nº 58, 2018, pp. 97-106.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 11-jul-2024