Somaliland, a breakaway region in East Africa, is offering the United States a strategic opportunity: establish a military base in the port city of Berbera, and in return, recognize Somaliland as an independent country. This proposal was made by Bashir Goth, Somaliland’s representative in Washington, during an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.

The idea is straightforward yet bold: Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991, is seeking recognition on the globa...