[Somalia Failed State: How effective are international community's responses proved to be in resolving the Somali conflict?]

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Many thanks to my family, friends, colleagues and my instructor as without their support and guidance, this project would not have been completed.

DECLARATION

I declare that this project shows my own work developed by a thorough analysis of the secondary research and primary research study. Moreover, this study has not been published before.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to examine if the international community's peace making operation to resolve the conflict in Somalia have been effective. Moreover the study also focused on the attitude of the international community towards the issue of this state, how realism can be applied to his conflict., will it be effective, and how Islamic extremism has been blamed for the extension of this study. A mixed method design was employed in this study. Major emphasis remained on collecting the secondary information as the nature of this topic is descriptive that require a comprehensive analysis of the scholarly review on the role of international community. On the other hand, primary research was conducted in the form of open ended interviews from the key politicians and the academic. It was found that the realism sees the good of the international community s a whole; it often leaves the issue of the troubled nation aside. The international community ash focused more on developing the central government instead of coming up with the peace making pacts, and the media and world leaders have portrayed Islamic extremism as the main players furthering this conflict, however this is not true. It is suggested that the future research should further this topic by extending on to the social and economic outcomes of this war and the possible effective intervention.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT1

DECLARATION2

ABSTRACT3

TABLE OF CONTENTS4

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION6

1.1Background6

1.2 Aim of the Research6

1.3 Research Objectives6

1.4 Research Questions7

1.5 Research Variables8

1.6 Rationale and Scope of the Research8

1.7 Research Focus10

1.8 Theoretical Framework10

1.9 Time Frame12

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW13

2.1 Background of the Conflict13

2.2 Review of the Work of Key Scholars13

2.2.1 Summary of the Reviews18

2.3 Realism and International Political Affairs18

2.3.1 Complex Interdependence20

2.4 International Community Response in Resoling the Conflict21

2.5 Obstacles to Peace23

2.5.1 Effectiveness of IC Responses23

2.5.2 Islamic Extremism and War on Terror24

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY26

3.1 Research Design26

3.2 Primary Data Collection27

3.2.1 Sampling28

3.2.2 Recording Data29

3.2.3 Developing Transcripts29

3.2.4 Coding Interview Responses29

3.2.5 Interpreting the results30

3.3 Validity and Reliability30

3.4 Ethical Considerations30

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS31

4.1 Response of the international community in resolving the conflict31

4.2 The reasons behind the international community response31

4.3 Definition of Failed state and its relation to an Islamic Extremism31

4.4 Application of Realism to resolve international conflict32

4.5 Role of realism in Somalia Conflict33

4.6 Effectiveness of the Military operations34

4.7 The gaps in military operations34

4.8 International community extending the Somalia Conflict35

4.9 View of the Optimists36

4.10 Summary37

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION39

5.1 Recommendations40

5.2 Future research Prospects40

5.3 Conclusion41

REFERENCES42

APPENDIX45

Interview Questions45

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background

The prolonged civil war in Somalia has remained a topic of discussion of several years, many pacts and agreement shave been made but no positive results have come out so far. The reaction of the international community has ...