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Nassir Hussein Kahin

Geopolitical Analyst: Bridging Somaliland & Israel to the world

Aug 21, 2026, 7:19 PM

Why Israel Broke the Somaliland Taboo: The Mutual Strategic Benefits. Original infographic artwork-Public Domain (CCO); created for the author

Securing Its Red Sea Flank After October 7 Israel concluded that quiet cooperation with Somaliland could not deliver the open, binding state-to-state defense, intelligence, and economic infrastructure required to secure its Red Sea flank. Quiet ties had become insufficient Israel did not...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:03 PM

Somalia’s Strategy to Contain Somaliland: Israel Recognition Alone Is Not Enough

Graphics design illustration of Israel-Somaliland flags showing the two resilient peoples shaking hands symbolizing one strategy in their diplomatic relations and unity. Poster design & credit: author

What Israel Could Do to Help Somaliland Break the Diplomatic and Economic Deadlock Recognition Is Only the Beginning Israel’s recognition of Somaliland would not, by itself, settle the long-running dispute over Somaliland’s international status. Recognition can open a diplomatic door, but...

Aug 19, 2026, 6:12 AM

The Human Story Behind Somaliland’s Historic Recognition

The Israeli recognition of Somaliland Celebrations in Hargeisa. Photo Credit: the author

Hargeisa, Somaliland. The Call that Changed the Geopolitical Map: There are moments in the life of a people when history does not knock politely on the door. It bursts through it. It arrives suddenly, almost unbelievably, and for a few breathless...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:45 AM

Somaliland Could Be the Abraham Accords’ African Test Case

he Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House on September 15, 2020. From left: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Photo credit:
Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian — public domain.

Can the Abraham Accords evolve from a Middle Eastern normalization project into a practical model of Muslim–Jewish partnership, development and maritime security — with Somaliland as the bridge to Africa? The experiment begins where the old diplomatic map runs out The...

Aug 16, 2026, 7:23 AM

From Nairobi to Bab-El-Mandeb: Somaliland and the Emerging Counter-Alignment.

Camel Culture Nation-I was surprised, but very lucky to come across this scene in downtown Hargeisa this Summer.

President Irro's diplomatic outreach now intersects with a widening maritime-security network connecting Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Greece and Cyprus. The convergence is real - but it has not yet become a formal counter-pact. HARGEISA - The distance between Nairobi...

Aug 14, 2026, 6:16 PM

What Israelis Should Understand About Somaliland

Israel was the first UN member state to recognize Somaliland since 1991. The next test is whether recognition can become an equal, practical partnership that improves lives without reducing Somaliland to a military foothold. When Israel recognized the Republic of...

About Me

Nassir Hussein Kahin is a Hargeisa-based political analyst, educator, journalist, researcher and founder, managing editor and publisher of the independent Horn of Africa Strategic Review. A former editor-in-chief of Somaliland Times in Toronto and senior editor at African Times, he writes on Israel–Somaliland relations, Red Sea security, recognition diplomacy and strategic competition in the Horn of Africa.

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