How to Help Somalia

John Norris talks about why we need to move beyond crisis response to crisis prevention in failed states.

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What is the current state of the crisis in Somalia? How has the international community failed Somalia? What lessons can be learned to prevent future failed states?

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See also:

Twenty Years of Collapse and Counting by John Norris and Bronwyn Bruton

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