Somaliland’s Critical Minerals Offer To The US Might Move The Needle In Favour Of Recognition By Andrew Korybko This proposal could pique Trump 2.0’s attention and ultimately catalyse a regional US pivot. Bloomberg published an update late last month about Somaliland’s long-running… Read More ›
Egypt Draws Red Line On U.S. Gaza Deal: GERD Dispute Takes Backseat To Homeland Security By Andrew Korybko Preserving its perceived national interests vis-à-vis Gaza is seen as much more important of a priority. It was concluded here in late July after Trump’s… Read More ›
Trump’s Latest Remarks About GERD Raise Questions About His Understanding Of This Dispute By Andrew Korybko Siding with Egypt signals support for its next proxy war on Ethiopia that could destabilize key US allies. Trump scandalously predicted during his first term that Egypt… Read More ›
Creative Ethiopian Diplomacy Might Deter An Egyptian-Backed Eritrean-TPLF Offensive By Andrew Korybko Economic-diplomatic initiatives with the UAE and Saudi Arabia could pair with a proposed Congolese-like economic-security deal with the US to get Egypt’s three patrons to stop it before it’s… Read More ›
The Domestic And International Implications Of The Trump Team’s Yemeni War Plans Scandal By Andrew Korybko Readers can learn a lot about his administration’s internal policymaking dynamics, its relationship with Israel, and its overall approach towards the Yemeni Conflict. The Atlantic’s… Read More ›
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 ›
The Somalian President Is Pleading With Trump To Keep US Advisors And Aid By Andrew Korybko This suggests that he isn’t as confident in his supposed Egyptian and Eritrean allies’ support as he earlier pretended to be. Somalian President Hassan Sheikh… Read More ›
Bloomberg Is Manufacturing Consent For More Western Meddling In Sudan By Andrew Korybko The pretext is to jointly contain Russian and Iranian influence in the broader region amidst their recent setbacks in the Levant. Bloomberg published a detailed piece on Wednesday… 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’s Pledge To Peacefully Pursue Sea Access Shouldn’t Be Seen As A Sign Of Weakness By Andrew Korybko Ethiopia’s pursuit of sea access will be diplomatically driven, but it’ll resort to military means in self-defence if it’s attacked by the Asmara… Read More ›
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