No. 119: Somalia: Little Hope for Peace

Author(s): Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 119
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The upcoming presidential election and establishment of a new government should mark the official end to Somalia's transition period. It will not, however, mean an end to Somalia's conflict and chronic humanitarian crises. The transition has been marked by the same challenges as previous peace processes and has failed to address the deep-rooted causes of the conflict. External involvement, driven by various agendas, has resulted in a rushed process. Peace is unlikely to come from such a top-down approach and may rather lie in a bottom-up approach that builds on the elements of Somalia that are working.

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Somalia and its Neighbors