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Russia’s Red Sea Base in Sudan Is a Recalibration of Its Intra-Ummah Balancing Act

November 21, 2020

Russia's draft deal to open up a Red Sea naval base in Sudan amounts to a strategic recalibration of its careful “balancing” act between the GCC and Turkey after moving more closely to the latter foll…

Geopolitics Shadow Ethiopia War

November 21, 2020

Opinion

The news that Russia is to build a naval base adjacent to the Red Sea underscores the geopolitical background to the recent escalation of conflict in Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa with its intersection…

Conflict in Ethiopia Extends the Greater Middle East’s Arc of Crisis

November 9, 2020

Opinion

Ethiopia, an African darling of the international community, is sliding towards civil war as the coronavirus pandemic hardens ethnic fault lines. The consequences of prolonged hostilities could echo a…

The Geopolitical Impact of the ‘Israeli’-Emirati Alliance Will be Felt in Africa

September 21, 2020

Opinion

The misleadingly described “peace” deal between “Israel” and the UAE will enable the self-professed “Jewish State” to use the latter's military and civilian port infrastructure in the Gulf of Aden, th…

Russia’s Pivoting to the Horn of Africa via Eritrea & the UAE

September 14, 2018

Opinion

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lauded his country’s relationship with Eritrea and informed the world about Moscow’s plans to build a logistics center there. He was speaking alongside his Eritr…

Bargaining Around the Horn: Ethiopia and Eritrea Reconciled Through the Soviet Naval Base in Berbera

August 17, 2018

Opinion

The alliance of the UAE and Egypt is expanding its zone of influence in the Horn of Africa, including the establishment of Ethiopian-Eritrean relations. There is a noticeable Emirati influence in Ethi…

Ethiopia’s Mediation of the Eritrean-Djiboutian Dispute will Help China

August 16, 2018

Opinion

Ethiopia’s proposed mediating the lingering dispute between its Eritrean and Djiboutian neighbors as it takes the lead in pioneering peace in the Horn of Africa. The brief 2008 border conflict between…

Pakistan’s Regional Maritime Security Patrols Are an Extension of CPEC

August 12, 2018

Opinion

The Pakistani Navy commenced Regional Maritime Security Patrols (RMSP) in the northwestern corner of the Indian Ocean last month that have since seen the country’s ships pay visits to Saudi Arabia and…