Introduction / Emma Leonard & Gilbert Ramsay
Section one. The failure of the international
The United Nations, peacekeeping and the globalization of the conflict in Somalia / Kate Seaman
Contextual disconnect : the failure of the "international community" in Somalia / Karl Sandstrom
Section two. The rise of the transnational
Is all jihad local? transnational contention and political violence in Somalia / Peter S. Henne
Involving foreign fighters in Somalia / David Malet, Bryan Priest and Sarah Staggs
Somali piracy and international crime / Peter Lehr
Section three. The new multipolar politics as a response to transnational disorder
Re-crossing the Mogadishu line: U.S. policy toward Somalia 1994-2012 / Michael J. Boyle
Somalia-China relations : China claiming its place as a global actor? / Monika Thakur
Japan's aspirations as a global security actor : the anti-piracy mission off Somalia and the dynamics of Great Power intervention / Yee-Kuang Heng
Opposing interests? The geopolitics of the Horn of Africa / Stig Jarle Hansen
The European Union comprehensive intervention in Somalia : turning ploughs into swords? / Maria-Luisa Sanchez-Barrueco
Section four. Re-imagining intervention
must history repeat itself in Somalia?
Identity, stability, and the Somali state: indigenous forms and external intervention / Michael Walls and Steve Kibble
Conclusion / Gilbert Ramsay and Emma Leonard.