Post-war aid dependency and urban poverty breeding riots replaced Soviet alliance

Evidence

With some positive initiatives in the banana industry and the resumption of livestock exports, the economy in the late 1980s was perhaps not beyond redemption, but it was certainly in a mess, and economic policy was erratic and displayed the same emphasis on daily survival that marked the political scene. Following the Ogaden War, as we have seen, Somalia’s primary arms dependency on the Soviet Union had been replaced by more generalised aid dependency on the United States, the EEC and OPEC countries. This new dependency – which included the need for provision of basic foods – was heightened and entrenched by the continuing, Palestinian-type refugee presence, for which no permanent solution had been found and which if resolved by a massive refugee return to Ethiopia would dramatically reduce one of the staple elements in Somalia’s foreign aid portfolio. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 609 (#expands, via linked claim)

What we see in both the Soviet-Afghan War and the rise of al-Qaeda is the emergence of a radical version of Islamism that developed a violent jihadist ideology in an effort to resist and defeat the two great superpowers of the Cold War. The United States may have supported this ideology during the Soviet-Afghan War because it was a convenient tool in undermining its Cold War nemesis, but, eventually, some of the mujahideen turned from ally to enemy. By the time of 9/11, the Muslim terrorist, with some assistance from the United States’ Cold War tactics, had replaced the Soviet communist as public enemy number one. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 259 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-Ogaden Somalia shifted from Soviet arms to broad Western and Arab food aid dependency — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 609; Urbanization and wage labour forged new social and political attitudes in Somalia; Somalia broke its Soviet treaty and ejected 6,000 personnel — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 567 (+4 more)

Related

• Post-Ogaden Somalia shifted from Soviet arms to broad Western and Arab food aid dependency (similarity 0.89)
• Somalia adopted Scientific Socialism partly due to Soviet arms dependence (similarity 0.87)
• The Ogaden War forced Somalia to sever its military alliance with the Soviet Union (similarity 0.86)
• The 1963 Soviet military accord armed a ten-thousand-man Somali army. (similarity 0.83)
• Somalia rejected Western for Soviet military aid to regain domestic prestige (similarity 0.79)
• Somalia rejected Western arms for cheaper Soviet military aid (similarity 0.79)
• Somalia broke its Soviet treaty and ejected 6,000 personnel (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Post-Ogaden Somalia shifted from Soviet arms to broad Western and Arab food aid dependency #expands (0.85) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 609
• The Muslim terrorist replaced the Soviet communist as the West’s public enemy number one #corroborates (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 259
• Urbanization and wage labour forged new social and political attitudes in Somalia #corroborates (0.40)
• Somalia adopted Scientific Socialism partly due to Soviet arms dependence #complicates (0.40)
• Somalia broke its Soviet treaty and ejected 6,000 personnel #corroborates (0.35) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 567
• Somalia rejected Western arms for cheaper Soviet military aid #corroborates (0.30)