Before things fall apart: The role of the Soviet Union in Somalia’s troubled past (1969-1978)/ Hassan Sheikh Ali Nur Muhammad, Muhammad Danial Azman and Roy Anthony Rogers

• Main Authors: Muhammad, H.S.A.N., Azman, Muhammad Danial, Rogers, Roy Anthony
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2017
• Subjects: DT Africa; JA Political science (General); JC Political theory; JF Political institutions (General); JZ International relations
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18528/1/Azman_2017.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/18528/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1035

The narrative of Somalia as ‘a nation without a state’ has been central to analyses seeking to explain state failure, the absence of Weberian political authority, civil war, and the resurgence of radical Islamisation and terrorist networks. While the popular depiction on the causes...