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Feb. 17, 2026
Future Security Program Deputy Director David Sterman and New America's data on strikes in Somalia were cited in an article in Vox.
In both his terms as president, Trump has quietly overseen a massive escalation of airstrikes in Somalia with little public explanation. And while the president is not unique in ordering strikes there — the military has been enmeshed in the Horn of Africa country’s conflicts since the early 1990s — his campaign is simply on another level, as shown by data compiled by New America.