Adapting in the Dust

Procesos electorales en la República de Somalia. Entre la política exterior y la legitimidad popular (1960-1969)

“…De hecho, los isaaq apostaban por la paz con Etiopía para acceder a las zonas de pastoreo etíopes y para acortar la distancia entre el norte y la capital al poder cruzar la frontera. Además, debido a la fragmentación del sistema electoral -y aunque Shermarke y Egal eran conscientes de que una gran parte de la población era favorable al irredentismo-contar con el apoyo de los darod y los isaaq aseguraba la mayoría de SYL en la Asamblea Nacional 65 .…”

“…Estos gestos fueron acompañados de un acuerdo de paz firmado en Arusha el 28 de octubre de 1967 en el que ambos países dispusieron recuperar las relaciones diplomáticas 66 . Igualmente, Egal ordenó parar el abastecimiento a Ogaden y acordó con el emperador Haile Selassie formar una comisión militar para supervisar la frontera, establecer conexiones aéreas y de telecomunicaciones y reabrir las carreteras entre Somalia y Etiopía 67 . Por último, se recuperaron las relaciones con Francia como reflejó la visita de Egal a París en septiembre de 1968, en la que Somalia se comprometió a no reclamar la integración territorial de Yibuti.…”

Two Floods, A Wildfire, and A Hurricane: The Role of the Canadian Armed Forces in Emergency Management

“…The nature and quality of this link has implications not only for the academic literature, Similarly, academic assessments of the contemporary CAF focus on conventional understandings of the armed forces as an organization mandated to take on combat or peacekeeping operations overseas (Ring 2009;Jones 2010;Warner 2013;Saideman 2016). While the impact that civilian domestic politics has on the nature of CAF is a common academic theme, along with assessments -and usually criticisms -of noncombat developments such as the heavy focus on peacekeeping in the 1990s and attempts at the 'civilianization' of the CAF in the preceding decades (Kasurak 1982;Herspring 2013), natural disaster response as a CAF function is rarely mentioned or systematically addressed.…”

“…The Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program was kick-started as the extent of the damage became clear.While federal departments were represented in the POC, Public Safety Canada did not play a salient role in the response. CAF: Operation LENTUS 13-01 involved approximately 2,300 regular and reserve personnel from all three branches of the CAF. They deployed82 The 'whole of government' concept is applied at the federal level during substantive but discrete tasks as well, ranging from humanitarian relief after the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the decade long combat mission in Afghanistan(Mamuji 2012;Saideman 2016). in the seven communities of Calgary, Canmore, Cochrane, Red Deer, High River, Airdrie and Medicine Hat. Tasks completed included assisting with the evacuation of civilians, 83 removal of debris, highway remediation work, transportation for local officials, water purification, sandbagging, berm construction, culvert installation, and assistance to City of Calgary Emergency Management Agency call centres.…”

“…Drawn out debates on the effectiveness of CAF operations in complex missions such as the Afghanistan conflict -debates that fill textbooks -hinge precisely on how an end state was defined and whether it was reached(Saideman 2016).…”