Gilbert Ramsay works at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews, UK. An Arabic speaker, he has previously written reports on terrorism and the Internet for the United Nations and the European Union.Emma Leonard was Assistant to the Dean of Development Studies at Mbarara University, Uganda. She earned a post-graduate degree in African Studies (MSc Hons) at Oxford University before joining the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is now pursuing her doctoral research at The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

• IntroductionEmma Leonard & Gilbert RamsaySECTION ONE: THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONALThe United Nations, Peacekeeping, and the Globalization of the Conflict in SomaliaKate SeamanContextual Disconnect: The Failure of the ‘International Community’ in SomaliaKarl SandstromSECTION TWO: THE RISE OF THE TRANSNATIONALIs all Jihad Local? Transnational Contention and Political Violence in SomaliaPeter S. HenneInvolving Foreign Fighters in SomaliaDavid Malet, Bryan Priest, & Sarah StaggsSomali Piracy and International CrimePeter LehrSECTION THREE: THE NEW MULTIPOLAR POLITICS AS A RESPONSE TO TRANSNATIONAL DISORDERRe-crossing the Mogadishu Line: U.S. Policy toward Somalia 1994-2012Michael J. BoyleSomalia-China Relations: China Claiming its Place as a Global Actor?Monika ThakurJapan’s Aspirations as a Global Security Actor: the anti-piracy mission off Somalia and the dynamics of Great Power interventionYee-Kuang HengOpposing Interests? The Geopolitics of the Horn of AfricaStig Jarle HansenThe European Union Comprehensive Intervention in Somalia: Turning Ploughs into Swords?Maria-Luisa Sanchez-BarruecoSECTION FOUR: RE-IMAGINING INTERVENTION – MUST HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF IN SOMALIA?Identity, Stability, and the Somali State: Indigenous Forms and External InterventionMichael Walls & Steve KibbleConclusionGilbert Ramsay & Emma LeonardBibliographyIndex

With extensive information and rich analyses, this book contributes a great deal to our understanding of how the Somali conflict has been transformed into a transnational issue with various forms of intervention by global and regional powers as well as international organizations.