Focus Areas
Five interlocking arenas — studied rigorously, advanced practically. Each one is a front where research becomes recognition, partnership, and progress.
Focus Area 01
A modern foreign-policy architecture for a self-made democracy.
Designing the strategy, institutions, and playbook that take Somaliland's case to the world — deliberately, not by default.
Focus Area 02
Turning geography into leverage on the world's busiest sea lane.
Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden, minutes from the artery that carries roughly a tenth of global trade. We work on turning that position into partnerships.
Focus Area 03
A nation's best ambassadors don't always carry a diplomatic passport.
Equipping the diaspora, students, businesses, and civil society to advocate for Somaliland — credibly, consistently, and at scale.
Focus Area 04
Security credibility is diplomatic currency.
Analysis and policy design at the intersection of stability, security cooperation, and statecraft in a volatile neighborhood.
Focus Area 05
The peace Somaliland built is a model the world should study.
Documenting, strengthening, and exporting the homegrown dialogue model that rebuilt a nation from the ashes of war.
MAAN partners with researchers, practitioners, and institutions across all five focus areas.
