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• The US must sustain counterterrorism operations in Somalia-the costs of retreat are too high

  By Katherine Walla| Atlantic Council@ Amid a deepening security crisis, the Trump administration is reportedly considering whether to reduce the US footprint in Somalia, for example by closing the US embassy in Mogadishu. This potential reversal comes even as the United States continues to carry out airstrikes against Somali militants. Islamist insurgents, including al-Shabaab and the Somali affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS-S), are making territorial gains.

  By Katherine Walla · Atlantic Council

  Apr. 17, 2025

• Trump can’t afford to simply revive Obama’s nuclear deal

  By Katherine Walla| Atlantic Council@ Last Saturday’s mostly indirect negotiations between US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi marked an abrupt turnaround for US President Donald Trump. In 2018, during his first term, Trump ended US participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, and criticized the deal’s sunset clauses, sanctions relief, and failure to address Iran’s ballistic missile program and regional malign influence.

  By Katherine Walla · Atlantic Council

  Apr. 17, 2025

• The US must sustain counterterrorism operations in Somalia-the costs of retreat are too high

  By Katherine Walla| Atlantic Council@ Amid a deepening security crisis, the Trump administration is reportedly considering whether to reduce the US footprint in Somalia, for example by closing the US embassy in Mogadishu. This potential reversal comes even as the United States continues to carry out airstrikes against Somali militants. Islamist insurgents, including al-Shabaab and the Somali affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS-S), are making territorial gains.

  By Katherine Walla · Atlantic Council

  Apr. 17, 2025

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