Steven A. Cook, oo ah khabiir sare oo ka tirsan Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), ayaa faahfaahiyay aragtidiisa ku saabsan sababaha ay Somaliland muhiim ugu noqon karto danaha istiraatiijiga ah ee Maraykanka. CFR waxay Cook ku qeexdaa khabiir ku takhasusay Bariga Dhexe iyo Waqooyiga Afrika, siyaasadda Carabta iyo Turkiga iyo siyaasadda Maraykanka ee Bariga Dhexe.

Cook ayaa si gaar ah u tilmaamay goobta juqraafiyeed ee Somaliland, oo ku taalla Gacanka Cadmeed kana soo horjeedda Yemen, iyadoo u dhow marinka Baabul-Mandab oo ah marin-biyood muhiim u ah isu-socodka ganacsiga iyo maraakiibta caalamiga ah. Sida uu sheegay, goobta Somaliland waxay siinaysaa muhiimad istiraatiiji ah xilli amniga Badda Cas iyo isu-socodka maraakiibta ganacsigu ay yihiin arrimo si weyn looga danaynayo.

Cook waxa uu sidoo kale tilmaamay Dekedda Berbera iyo kaabayaasha kale ee Somaliland, isagoo sheegay in goobta iyo kaabayaashu ay yeelan karaan muhiimad dhinaca amniga ah marka laga eego danaha Washington. Aragtidan ayaa qayb ka ah dood ballaadhan oo ku saabsan doorka Somaliland ee amniga Gacanka Cadmeed iyo Badda Cas.

Dhanka kale, Cook waxa uu sheegay inay Washington ka jirto dood iyo xiise ku saabsan qaddiyadda Somaliland. Sida lagu sheegay hadalkiisa, Madaxweyne Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro) ayaa intii uu ku jiray safarkiisii Maraykanka kulamo la yeeshay saraakiil Maraykan ah, xubno Kongareeska ka tirsan iyo dhinacyo kale oo siyaasadeed. Cook ayaa arrintan ku xidhay dadaallada Somaliland ee ku aaddan helitaanka aqoonsi caalami ah.

Cook ayaa sidoo kale xusay in Somaliland ay 1991 ku dhawaaqday inay dib ula soo noqotay madax-bannaanideeda, isla markaana ay tan iyo xilligaas u shaqaynaysay sidii maamul iskiis isu maamula. CFR-na waxay 4-tii Sebtembar 2026 soo bandhigtay maqaal uu Cook ku qoray Foreign Policy oo cinwaankiisu yahay "Why the United States Should Recognize Somaliland”, taas oo muujinaysa in Cook si gaar ah uga hadlay arrintan.

Cook waxa uu dooddiisa ku salaynayaa isku-xidhka juqraafiyeed ee Somaliland, Dekedda Berbera, Baabul-Mandab iyo xaaladda amni ee Badda Cas, isagoo arrimahaas ku tilmaamay kuwo muhiim u ah marka laga hadlayo danaha istiraatiijiga ah ee Maraykanka ee gobolka.

Waxaa xusid mudan in aragtida Cook ay tahay qiimayn iyo dood uu isagu soo jeediyay, mana aha siyaasad rasmi ah oo ay Golaha Xidhiidhka Dibadda ama dowladda Maraykanku ku dhawaaqeen. CFR lafteedu waxay sheegtaa inay tahay hay’ad madax-bannaan oo aan qaadan mowqifyo siyaasadeed oo hay’adeed.