Gabriel Fridegotto outline

Gabriel Fridegotto

Professor Shirk

International Organization

Paper Outline

There are one hundred nighty five recognized sovereign states in world. Many states were added after WWII, after the collapse of both colonialism and the soviet Union. One of the externally recognized nations, Somaliland is still struggling to become a true state. It lacks internal sovereignty because it has not been able to gain a stable central government since 1991. The question is, how can we assess the likelihood of Somaliland becoming its own state? Finding answers to this question is difficult because of the long history of Somalia, and its political and economic situation. Comparing the nation building aspects of other states, such as South Sudan, Kosovo and East Timor to Somalia is important and determining if there can be a similar outcomes in the future. The argument is that if Somaliland can learn lessons from other countries who have successfully gain stable independent sovereignty, then it may gain full sovereignty as well.

Examining Somalia's colonialist past is important, to understand why it has had so many issues with establishing a stable sovereign central government. Many of the nations that I examining also went through years of colonization, and being divided by religious, ethic and political groups. The example of Kosovo's independence came at the hands of a major military operation. Their sovereignty is still not recognized by Russia. Also, in the Case of Timor-Leste, one of the newest nations in the world, had to endure years of colonialism in south Asia by the nation of Indonesia. This is how I intend to structure my paper, looking at the lessons learned and the steps taken by these new independent sovereign nations around the world, and see if Somalia under the same conditions could achieve the same outcome.

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