Nasir M. Ali is the Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) at the University of Hargeisa in the Republic of Somalialnd. He is also a Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations in the same University. He holds a doctorate degree in Peace, Governance, and Development from the United Nations University for Peace, in Costa Rica, and two Masters’ degrees in International Relations, and African Studies from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is the author of several book chapters and papers on security, governance, state capacity and fragility, recognition, and pastoralism in Palgrave, Routledge, Addis Ababa University Press, and other peer-reviewed academic journals.