Right, so Somaliland has finally been recognised, and it turns out recognition wasn’t the prize, it was the bill. A territory that wanted legitimacy now has exposure, a parent state has lost control of its own borders, and Israel has demonstrated that recognition still works exactly how empires prefer it to work — as leverage. That outcome is nowlocked in, and no amount of denial is putting the lid back on. Israel didn’t recognise Somaliland to tidy up a map or reward good behaviour. It recognis

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