Professor Spears, with that in mind, and building upon some of the work that you have done as well, to what extent is fragmentation a root cause of the bloodshed we have seen as whole in Somalia, but particularly in recent years? Societies can be fragmented, but they are not necessarily predisposed to conflict. Why is it that there has been so much conflict in Somalia? Is it because of this fragmentation of authority?
Professor Menkhaus talks about a galaxy of non-state actors. Is that the cause of the instability and the suffering we're seeing?