Somali foreign policy (1960s-1980s)

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:international_relations
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:French_Somaliland
gptkbp:country gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:diplomaticRelationsWith gptkb:China
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
Western countries
Arab countries
gptkbp:focus Greater Somalia
unification of Somali-inhabited territories
gptkbp:goal irredentism
pan-Somalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Somali foreign policy (1960s-1980s)
gptkbp:influencedBy decolonization
Cold War dynamics
regional rivalries
pan-Somali nationalism
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Siad_Barre
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Arab_League
gptkb:Organization_of_African_Unity
gptkbp:militaryAssistanceFrom gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
Arab countries
gptkbp:period 1960s
1970s
1980s
gptkbp:policy alignment with Western bloc (late 1970s-1980s)
alignment with socialist bloc (1970s)
non-alignment (early 1960s)
gptkbp:policyShift from Soviet Union to United States (late 1970s)
gptkbp:resultedIn Ogaden War defeat
Soviet-Ethiopian alliance
US-Somali alliance
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Ogaden_War
gptkbp:supports Somali insurgents in Ethiopia
Somali insurgents in Kenya
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Somali_irredentism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6