By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps

Evidence

The position in the summer of 1978 was unbalanced and shifting. Ethiopia had moved from the American to the Russian camp. Somalia had lost the patronage of one superpower without, in the post-Vietnam era, gaining that of the other. The extent and significance of Arab support was still an uncertain quantity. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 578

Categorization

• XREF: Direct continuation of the Cold War alignment narrative; pivots the arc toward Somalia’s isolation after the Ogaden defeat. — connects to: Ethiopia profited from the war at Somalia’s expense.; The Ogaden War forced Somalia to sever its military alliance with the Soviet Union; Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563 (+2 more)

Related

• Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden (similarity 0.89)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict (similarity 0.88)
• Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. (similarity 0.87)
• Ethiopia’s Soviet-Cuban campaign shifted from the Ogaden to a harder Eritrean front (similarity 0.87)
• The Ogaden War forced Somalia to sever its military alliance with the Soviet Union (similarity 0.86)
• The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic (similarity 0.85)
• Ethiopian meddling in Somalia revived Somali nationalism, culminating in the 1977 Ogaden war. (similarity 0.85)
• Somali literacy and the Ogaden war fused into a national obsession displacing Siyad’s cult (similarity 0.83)
• Ethiopia profited from the war at Somalia’s expense. (similarity 0.83)
• Ethiopian revolution emboldened Somali hopes for the Ogaden (similarity 0.83)
• Somalia’s overconfidence and tactical errors invited military disaster in the Ogaden. (similarity 0.82)
• Italian reoccupation and Ethiopian claims broke nationalist momentum in the 1950s (similarity 0.82)
• Ethiopia won a tactical victory at Addis Ababa over Somalia (similarity 0.82)
• Moscow’s tilt toward Ethiopia drove Somalia to seek Saudi arms (similarity 0.81)
• Siyad’s survivalist rule reinforced clan segmentation to Ethiopia’s advantage (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Somali clan maneuvering between rival empires weakened the Somali position #corroborates (0.60)
• Ethiopian meddling in Somalia revived Somali nationalism, culminating in the 1977 Ogaden war. #expands (0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 710