Institute for Diplomacy and Global Affairs
MAAN Institute is the Republic of Somaliland's independent institute for diplomacy and global affairs — turning research into recognition, partnership, and progress.
Our Mission
Diplomacy is not static. It evolves — and nations that shape it, rather than watch it, write their own future. MAAN exists to make Somaliland an author of tomorrow's world order: researched, trained, connected, and heard.
What We Work On
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A modern foreign-policy architecture for a self-made democracy.
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Turning geography into leverage on the world's busiest sea lane.
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A nation's best ambassadors don't always carry a diplomatic passport.
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Security credibility is diplomatic currency.
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The peace Somaliland built is a model the world should study.
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Unlike traditional think tanks, MAAN does not stop at analysis. Every insight we produce is designed — from day one — to be implemented.
Programs & Services
Designing the institutions a modern foreign service runs on.
Learn moreRigorous, decision-ready analysis — not papers for the shelf.
Learn moreReading the region so Somaliland moves early, not last.
Learn moreBuilding the next generation of Somaliland's diplomats.
Learn moreConnecting Somaliland to the institutions that shape the world.
Learn moreProtecting the people, premises, and information of diplomacy.
Learn moreOur Impact
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Research focus areas
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Program pillars
30+
Years of peace and self-government to build on
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Mission: Somaliland recognized, respected, empowered
“We see diplomacy not as formality or protocol, but as a dynamic tool for achieving recognition, fostering partnerships, and driving development.”
From the Institute
Recognition will be won by people, not paperwork. The case for investing in a professional corps of Somaliland diplomats — starting today.
5 August 2026 · 6 min read
Great powers are redrawing the map of Red Sea commerce and security. Somaliland holds a piece of that map — and a narrow window to make it count.
15 July 2026 · 6 min read
Waiting to be noticed is not a foreign policy. What a sequenced, interest-based recognition strategy for Somaliland actually looks like.
24 June 2026 · 7 min read
Governments, institutions, researchers, and citizens: there is a role for you in this work.
