The Ethio-Somali Rapprochement Is A Pleasant Surprise By Andrew Korybko It had hitherto appeared almost inevitable that a proxy war would soon be waged in Somalia between Ethiopia and Egypt due to all sides’ (those three’s, Eritrea’s, and Somaliland’s) seemingly unshakable… Read More ›
Russia’s Support Of Mali Is Driving Algeria To Diversify Its Military Partnerships By Andrew Korybko Algeria seemingly suspects that Russia might leverage its dominant military supply role to coerce concessions on the latest Mali-Tuareg conflict, which Algiers wouldn’t comply with for… Read More ›
There Might Be A Military Dimension To Russia’s Newfound Interest In Djibouti And Somaliland By Andrew Korybko All in all, Russia’s Gulf of Aden-Red Sea naval base plans depend first and foremost on whether Sudan implements their long-delayed agreement, absent which… Read More ›
How Viable Is The Turkish-Brokered Ethiopian-Somalian Joint Declaration? By Andrew Korybko A lot depends on whether Ethiopia’s anti-terrorist troops will now be allowed to remain in Somalia next year; the relationship between the new Somaliland President and the Ethiopian Prime Minister;… Read More ›
Chad And Senegal Are Teaming Up To Expel France From The Sahel By Andrew Korybko France and the US are expected to apply a three-pronged policy for pushing back against this. Thursday was an historic day for African geopolitics since Chad… Read More ›
Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Afro-Eurasian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko These ambitious plans will obviously take time to unfold, and there might be some road bumps along the way, but the importance rests in the fact that this is what Russia… Read More ›
Russia’s Veto Of The UNSC Resolution On Sudan Saved It From A Neocolonialist Plot By Andrew Korybko The text was ambiguous about the authorities’ legitimacy even though they represent their country at the UN, didn’t call for the RSF to cease… Read More ›
Analysing The Russian Ambassador’s Latest Statements About Ethiopia By Andrew Korybko Ethiopia can always rely on Russia and vice versa since they’re one of each other’s oldest partners. Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin spoke to ENA during this week’s Russia-Ethiopia Business… Read More ›
Ethiopia And Somaliland Can Convince Trump To Help Mitigate Regional Tensions By Andrew Korybko They need to inform his team about them right away, highlight the advantages in taking their side to de-escalate these selfsame tensions, and remind them of the… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The Asmara Summit By Andrew Korybko The group’s Egyptian ringleader is too broke to fund a regional war and could be deterred from significant involvement in any potential Eritrean-Somalian Hybrid War on Ethiopia by its Emirati creditor. The… Read More ›
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