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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorist Troops Might Stay In Somalia Even If Mogadishu Demands Their Departure By Andrew Korybko Somalia is trying to become to Ethiopia what Ukraine is to Russia. Sputnik reported that Ethiopian Ministry Affairs spokesman Nebiya Tedla declared on Sunday that… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Mediation Between Ethiopia And Somalia Is Well-Intentioned But Will Likely Be Fruitless By Andrew Korybko The Somaliland issue has turned into a zero-sum dilemma with existential consequences for Ethiopia and Somalia. Turkiye mediated talks in Ankara between the Ethiopian and… 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 ›
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