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 ›
Somalia Is Hellbent On Waging Hybrid War On Ethiopia By Andrew Korybko The whole Horn could become engulfed in conflict if this proxy war spirals out of control. Somalian Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi recently told local media that his country might back anti-government… Read More ›
What Can The Horn Of Africa Learn From The Moldovan-Ukrainian Land Swap Of 1999? By Andrew Korybko The Moldovan-Ukrainian land swap occurred one-quarter of a century ago in very different conditions, but the example of restoring a landlocked state’s historical access… Read More ›
Erdogan’s Proposed Islamic Alliance Against Israel Is Pure Demagoguery By Andrew Korybko His strong rhetoric leads to extreme dopamine bursts from those who think that he’s being sincere, but the rush will inevitably wear off once they realize that he’s not,… Read More ›
Djibouti’s Plan To Offer Ethiopia Full Management Of A Port Is A Trap By Andrew Korybko Ethiopia would harm its own reputation in order to return to its lopsided dependence on Djibouti without alleviating the threat that Egypt poses in Somalia…. Read More ›
Paranoid Regional Containment Policies Are Fuelling Chaos In The Horn Of Africa By Andrew Korybko The indirect coordination between the Egyptian-led but Eritrean-founded coastal containment coalition and the US to destabilize Ethiopia represents an unprecedented threat to peace and multipolarity in… Read More ›
Puntland’s Withdrawal From Somalia’s Federal System Creates A Dilemma For Mogadishu And Ankara By Andrew Korybko Mogadishu is pressured to react in a way that exerts the federal government’s writ over Puntland such as requesting its allies in Ankara to patrol… Read More ›
Egypt Is The Most To Be Blamed In The Islamic World For Failing To Stop Israel’s Killing Of The Palestinians By Andrew Korybko The fact of the matter is that Egypt’s position towards this conflict was pivotal in determining its dynamics… Read More ›
Biden’s Gaza Aid Policy Is An Electioneering Spectacle By Andrew Korybko Most pro-Palestinian Democrats are unlikely to be duped by Biden’s charade, and if they remain more committed to the Palestinian cause than to their party’s and vote for a third… Read More ›
The American-Somalian Base Deal Arguably Has Ulterior Motives By Andrew Korybko The US decided to expand its military influence in Somalia on the pretext of anti-terrorist base-building in order to indirectly pressure Ethiopia after last month’s Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland… Read More ›
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