US military marching into Puntland as Red Sea tensions escalate
US military marching into Puntland as Red Sea tensions escalate
- August 11, 2026
- Samar Al-Bulushi, anthropology, shares expertise in the Responsible Statecraft and MSN
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“The informality is really important,” said Samar Al-Bulushi, associate professor of anthropology at University of California, Irvine, and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute. “If the U.S. wants to be able to stand by its claim — that seems to be a claim only — that it respects the sovereignty of the Somali government, then, in theory, it wouldn't be negotiating formal agreements with these semi-autonomous regions.”
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