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| Title: | Bargaining for the spoils of war: Somalia's failing path from war to peace |
| Author: | Webersik, Christian |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Periodical: | African security (ISSN 1939-2214) |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 277-302 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Somalia |
| Subjects: | conflict resolution peace negotiations |
| External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19392206.2014.977173 |
| Abstract: | In August 2012, the mandate of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia came to an end without delivering an economically viable and politically stable Somalia. It is doubtful that the newly elected Federal Government of Somalia can bring peace. It would appear that the desire to form a government is not genuine. Instead, peace processes offer political figures an opportunity to tap into new sources of wealth, such as foreign aid or political rents. When the Mbagathi peace talks started in 2002, many faction leaders were at the brink of economic collapse. By participating in the peace talks, they hoped to tap into new sources of wealth in form of foreign aid. The struggle for political posts in a possible future government trumps the objective of reconciliation. For peace to work it is necessary: (1) for political figures to be able to earn legitimacy and extend authority autonomously; (2) to tackle the issue of land and property rights; (3) for peace brokers to be capable of managing the peace process without corruption; and (4) to co-opt and to include military leaders, warlords, and supporters of Islamic groups such as al-Shabab. Notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
