Opinion

The Potemkin Party: Historical Obfuscation and Geopolitical Compellence

Weldu Gebrselassie (PhD) & Amleset Negash G.Hiwet Over the last three years, the Potemkin Party (PP) has made concerted efforts to secure sovereign maritime access...

Sixty-five Years Later, Eritrea’s Struggle for Self-Determination Remains a Living Legacy

By Alula Frezghi 65 Years After Hamid Idris Awate’s First Shot, Eritrea’s Struggle for Self-Determination Remains a Living Legacy On September 1, 1961, in the quiet...

The Shot That Changed Eritrea

by David Yeh On September 1, 1961, a single shot announced that Eritrea’s struggle had entered a new and irreversible...

Eritrea’s Strategic Geography Has a Longer Memory

The Red Sea State the World Keeps Rediscovering—and the Historical Record It Keeps Forgetting By Alula Frezghi and David Yeh The...

Manufacturing Crises: A Response to Coercive Diplomacy

By David Yeh Rejecting Manufactured Pretexts and Revisionist Claims: A Defense of Regional Stability and Sovereign Integrity ​The recent diplomatic statement...

The Castle and the Tide: Ethiopia, Ambition, and the Red Sea

By Sirak Kifle ​Ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is like an old, crumbling castle standing on the edge of...

Beyond Ideology and Anecdotes: Understanding Eritrea’s Development Path in Context

By Mike Seium (aka Pele Junior) ​Constructive discussions regarding Eritrea’s economic trajectory are both healthy and necessary for the region's...

Red Sea Tensions and Bab el-Mandeb: Eritrea at the Hinge of a Global Chokepoint

By Alula Frezghi Every era has its strategic hinge. During the Cold War, strategists focused on the Fulda Gap as...