Ahren Schaefer
Ahren Schaefer is a Foreign Affairs Research Analyst at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
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Clan and Conflict in Somalia: Al-Shabaab and the Myth of “Transcending Clan Politics”
Clan identity and Islam are central pillars of Somali society, with clan dynamics and inter-clan rivalries magnified by decades of state collapse. Al-Shabaab - the dominant Islamist militia controlling much