Regional Divisions Are Widening In Somalia Over Mogadishu Wanting To Kick Out Ethiopian Troops By Andrew Korybko Somalia might once again “Balkanize” if its Southwest State and Jubaland withdraw recognition of the federal government in protest over this policy following Puntland’s… 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 ›
An Ethiopian Analyst Shared Sharp Insight Into The American-Kenyan Military Deal By Andrew Korybko It’ll take time to unfold, but this appears to be a game-changer in terms of American force projection in Africa and the Western Indian Ocean, both directly… 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 Refusal To Close The Ethiopian Consulate Exposes Mogadishu’s Impotence By Andrew Korybko The Federal Government of Somalia’s military toothlessness is responsible for its impotence, but instead of focusing on rectifying the former ahead of the foreseeable terrorist upsurge that’ll follow… 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 ›
A Somalian Defence Committee Member Put An Anti-Russian Spin On The Turkish Security Deal By Andrew Korybko Somalia’s motivations don’t automatically translate into action, however, but reflect wishful thinking on its leadership’s part. They also explain to Somalians why their country… Read More ›
The Somalian President Embarrassed His Nation With His Undiplomatic Conduct In Addis By Andrew Korybko His bitterness at African countries declining to punish Ethiopia for its Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland made him susceptible to the US’ outreaches, after which he… 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 Russian Ambassador Confirmed That Ties With Ethiopia Will Continue Strengthening By Andrew Korybko The importance of Ambassador Evgeny Terekhin’s interview is that Russia will not let third parties influence its relations with Ethiopia, least of all Somalia and especially after… Read More ›
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