1st Edition

Destabilising Interventions in Somalia Sovereignty Transformations and Subversions

By Debora Valentina Malito Copyright 2020
164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is a critical reading of contemporary interventionism, exploring how interventions shape the course of conflicts and reconciliation processes in Somalia. In a critical departure from the state-capacity consensus that has dominated the debate on terrorism and state failure, this book argues that conflict and sovereignty transformations in Somalia cannot be understood as the result of... Read more

Part 1: How we think about Sovereignty and Intervention 

1. Introduction 

2. Minding the Gap: When State Weakness Justifies Intervention 

3. Problems with International Intervention 

Part 2: Interventions in Somalia 

4. Neutral in Favour of Whom? The UN intervention in Somalia and the Somaliland peace process 

5. Regional Mutual Interferences 

6. Building Terror while Fighting Enemies during the Global War on Terrorism 

7. The Politics of Destabilisation 

Biography

Debora V. Malito is Lecturer in International Relations at Xi’an Jiaotong- Liverpool University, People’s Republic of China. She held research positions at the European University Institute and University of Cape Town, and her work intersect critical theory in International Relations and African security governance.