As we digest U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s call for the U.S. to recognize Somaliland as an independent country, the fact is, Washington can get what it needs in Somaliland without recognition and without disrupting a fragile geopolitical ecosystem. For a transactional president, which is what we have right now, the pathway is clear. What Washington could gain, one way or another, is episodic access to Berbera’s port and airfield, logistics pre-positioning through the DP World–run economic zone, and tighter maritime domain awareness…
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