Horn Of Africa Gambit: The US Fuelling Tensions Between Somalia And Somaliland By Uriel Araujo Washington apparently cannot resist the temptation to turn disputed territories into military outposts. History warns us that such interventions rarely end well—least of all for the… 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 ›
There Might Be A Military Dimension To Russia’s Newfound Interest In Djibouti And Somaliland By Andrew Korybko All in all, Russia’s Gulf of Aden-Red Sea naval base plans depend first and foremost on whether Sudan implements their long-delayed agreement, absent which… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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