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 ›
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 ›
What’s Holding Up The Speculative Russian-Eritrean Naval Base Talks? By Andrew Korybko The Russian Ambassador appeared to tacitly confirm that such talks are underway during his latest interview with TASS but suggested that Eritrea wants more than just rent in exchange… Read More ›
Somalia’s Intent To Expel Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorist Forces Exposes Its Dirty Agenda By Andrew Korybko Somalia has the right to conduct its foreign policy however it wants and to ask those who it invited into the country to leave, but the consequences… 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 ›
A Russian Warship’s First-Ever Docking In Eritrea Doesn’t Mean That A Naval Base Will Follow By Andrew Korybko It would of course serve Russia’s interests to have a reliable alternative to Sudan in the event that their naval base deal falls… 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 ›
The Ethiopian Premier Made Three Solid Points About His Country’s Intentions Towards Somalia By Andrew Korybko If Ethiopia really wanted to create trouble for Somalia, all that it would have to do is withdraw its anti-terrorist forces and cut off bilateral… Read More ›
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