By Dr. Abucar Aden Adde Virginia, USA. History warns those who are willing to listen. In his study of Fascist Italy’s colonial ambitions, Dr. Abucar Aden Adde draws attention to an entry in Galeazzo Ciano’s diary in which Benito Mussolini reportedly discussed the possibility of turning Majeerteenia (Migiurtinia) into a concession for international Jewish settlement … Continue reading Somalia’s Greatest Threat Is Not Foreign Powers—It Is the Failure of National Vision →
Warsame Policy & Media Network (WAPMEN)Critical analysis, news and commentaries A WPMEN Editorial — July 24, 2026 History has an uncomfortable habit of exposing truths that modern politics prefers to ignore. One such truth lies buried in an obscure Italian diplomatic note from 1938 — only a few lines long, yet revealing how the world’s … Continue reading When Fascist Europe Looked to Puntland: A Forgotten Diplomatic Note and the Strategic Value of Majeerteenia →
It is politically convenient to blame Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for Somalia’s collapse. He deserves criticism for executive overreach, constitutional manipulation, and weakening democratic institutions. But to pretend that Somalia’s crisis begins and ends with one man is to misunderstand the disease.Somalia’s governance crisis is a collective failure.The presidents of the Federal Member States cannot wash … Continue reading Somalia’s Governance Crisis: Stop Blaming One Man →
A WDM Editorial History has an uncomfortable habit of exposing truths that modern politics prefers to ignore. One such truth lies buried in an obscure Italian diplomatic note from 1938. It is only a few lines long, yet it speaks volumes about how the world’s great powers once viewed what is today Puntland.In his diary … Continue reading When Fascist Europe Looked to Puntland: A Forgotten Diplomatic Note and the Strategic Value of Majeerteenia →
By Ismail H. Warsame Somalia did not adopt federalism because politicians suddenly embraced decentralization. It adopted federalism because centralized rule destroyed the Somali state. The Provisional Constitution was meant to ensure that no government in Mogadishu could again dominate the rest of the country through patronage, coercion, or clan politics.Yet that is precisely what many … Continue reading The Goofka Doctrine: Federalism Under Siege →
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A WDM-Style Editorial Essay For more than six decades, Somalis have searched for better leaders. They have changed presidents, prime ministers, constitutions, political systems, military rulers, transitional governments, and federal arrangements. Yet the country remains trapped in the same vicious cycle of dictatorship, corruption, clan patronage, institutional collapse, and recurring political crises.Perhaps Somalis have been … Continue reading The Presidency Has Failed Somalia: Time to Abolish the Office Before It Abolishes the Country →
I write because Somalia deserves honest analysis, not comforting illusions.After serving as Chief of Staff at the Puntland State Presidency (1998–2004) and later with the UN and World Bank Joint Secretariat for Somalia’s Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP), followed by service as National Aid Technical Coordinator (NATCO) with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) … Continue reading About →
A WDM Editorial As fighting unfolds between the Puntland Defence Forces (PDF) and rebellious elements of the Puntland Security Force (PSF), one dangerous temptation must be resisted above all others: do not reduce this confrontation to a sub-clan grievance.That would not merely be intellectually lazy; it would be politically reckless.The bullets flying around Bosaso are … Continue reading Beyond the Gunfire: The PDF–PSF Confrontation Is a Failure of Governance, Not a Clan War →
The significance of Laag extends far beyond a military engagement outside Bosaso. It reaches back to the very philosophy upon which Puntland was founded in 1998.From its inception, Puntland rejected the warlordism that had consumed southern Somalia following the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. While Mogadishu descended into the rule of competing militias, … Continue reading Historical Perspective: Puntland Was Founded on the Principle of One State, One Force →
