Minter & Volman, "The Somalia Crossroads" In These Times
Volman & Minter, "Making Peace or Fueling War in Africa" Foreign Policy in Focus
Pirates off Somalia's coast; an armed insurgency inside that nation; a new US military command called AFRICOM. Will the Obama administration turn its rhetorical emphasis on diplomacy into reality in Somalia, or is the momentum in favor of military intervention? William Minter and Daniel Volman offer their perspectives. And Wilma Bonet directs the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Too Big to Fail.