How Somalia-Turkey defence deal torpedoed a rival UAE agreement

[Hotchick12]

UAE - Somalia signed a defense deal last year which is now getting undone

• UAE already cut some funding to Somalia

• BONUS: Revealing Somalia - UAE

How Somalia’s defence deal with Turkey torpedoed a rival UAE agreement

When it seemed like Erdogan was heading out the door, Mogadishu hedged its bets with Abu Dhabi. Now, it is looking towards Ankara once again

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[Dalac Bilaash]

UAE - Somalia signed a defense deal last year which is now getting undone

• UAE already cut some funding to Somalia

• BONUS: Revealing Somalia - UAE

How Somalia’s defence deal with Turkey torpedoed a rival UAE agreement

When it seemed like Erdogan was heading out the door, Mogadishu hedged its bets with Abu Dhabi. Now, it is looking towards Ankara once again

www.middleeasteye.net

f*ck the UAE

 

[JamalFarah]

UAE sees Somalia as a strategically important pawn in its geopolitical plans. Everything it does, from training Somali troops to facilitating fundraising and banking for Al-Shabaab, as well as investing and making deals with local governments, is part of the UAE's strategy to hedge its bets. The UAE aims to align with the dominant faction in Somalia to ensure it is friendly to its interests.

It's evident that Turkey and the United States, NATO allies, likely coordinate to some extent. They aim to have Somalia as part of their shared, or at least US-condoned Turkish, sphere of influence. The Gulf, traditionally a friend of America, has become more assertive under new leadership and the approaching post-oil era. They are more and more breaking away from the American sphere of influence and creating their own.

The UAE, being pragmatic, has annexed Socotra, normalized relations with Israel, and is willing to cut deals to maintain its wealth. In the absence of oil, these nations would have been among the world's poorest.

These are nations relying on payments to their citizenry to prevent rebellion, maintaining mercenary armies, and adhering to a government style millennia-old.

When Iraq faced turmoil, sectarian factions used rifles and bombs, but in the Gulf, potential cracks lead to the deployment of F-16s and Tomahawk drones.

 

[Hotchick12]

UAE sees Somalia as a strategically important pawn in its geopolitical plans. Everything it does, from training Somali troops to facilitating fundraising and banking for Al-Shabaab, as well as investing and making deals with local governments, is part of the UAE's strategy to hedge its bets. The UAE aims to align with the dominant faction in Somalia to ensure it is friendly to its interests.

It's evident that Turkey and the United States, NATO allies, likely coordinate to some extent. They aim to have Somalia as part of their shared, or at least US-condoned Turkish, sphere of influence. The Gulf, traditionally a friend of America, has become more assertive under new leadership and the approaching post-oil era. They are more and more breaking away from the American sphere of influence and creating their own.

The UAE, being pragmatic, has annexed Socotra, normalized relations with Israel, and is willing to cut deals to maintain its wealth. In the absence of oil, these nations would have been among the world's poorest.

These are nations relying on payments to their citizenry to prevent rebellion, maintaining mercenary armies, and adhering to a government style millennia-old.

When Iraq faced turmoil, sectarian factions used rifles and bombs, but in the Gulf, potential cracks lead to the deployment of F-16s and Tomahawk drones.

That’s why the us is cracking uae based Somali businessman that are affiliated with al shabaab they see more success with turkey in implementing a string Somali state whilst the uae undermines