Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, said Israel may have been the first nation to recognize Somaliland, but it almost certainly won’t be the last.
Criticism, praise for Israel's decision to exchange diplomats with Somaliland, a breakaway province
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“There are now vast spaces in … Mali and Burkina Faso that can serve as the type of safe havens where terrorists have the time and space to plot more ambitious attacks,” Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told a House hearing on Wednesday, even if those groups pose a “limited” direct threat to the U.S. homeland right now.
'Almost insurmountable' task: Africa emerges as unstable hot spot for terror, coups
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