Tag: #GERD

Beyond the Facade: Ethiopia Under Colonel Abiy Ahmed

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By David Yeh Introduction There are moments in the life of a nation when the gap between what is proclaimed and...

Ethiopia’s Aggression and Sudan’s Resolute Defense of Sovereignty

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By David Yeh The Horn of Africa has long been a region of complex geopolitics, where historical grievances, territorial disputes,...

Stability Is Not Hegemony: Why Egypt’s Posture Serves Peace in the Horn

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By Alula Frezghi The debate over the Nile has hardened into caricature. Egypt is portrayed as a relic of hydro-hegemony,...

Ethiopia’s Reckless Nile Gambit: Trump’s letter, GERD, International Law, and the Urgent Need for Leadership Change

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By David Yeh Introduction Nations assert sovereignty not by defiance alone, but by judgment. When leaders confuse unilateral action with strength,...

Zero-Sum Myths, Shared-Sum Futures: Rethinking the Horn of Africa

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By ALULA FREZGHI Introduction In the Horn of Africa, wars do not usually begin with bullets; they begin with ideas. Long...

From Inland Power to Maritime Paranoia: Ethiopian Elites and the Red Sea Obsession

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by David Yeh In recent years, a growing body of Ethiopian scholarly commentary and elite political discourse has advanced the...

By Abiy’s Own Logic: Restricting the Nile Is an Existential Threat to Egypt

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by Yemane Abselom For Egypt, the Nile is not a policy preference; it is a biological requirement. Over 95 percent...

Sovereignty, Survival, and the Rule of Law: Egypt, Ethiopia, the Nile, and Eritrea’s Inviolable Maritime Rights

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By David Yeh Egypt’s position on the Nile is frequently portrayed as obstructionist or hegemonic, yet such characterizations obscure the...

Ethiopian Exodus: Conflict, Corruption, and the Quest for Survival

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By David Yeh A state can build monuments, dams, and glittering cityscapes, yet still hemorrhage its people. Ethiopia today offers...

The “Two Waters” Delusion: How Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party Fabricates a National Crisis to Mask Expansionist Ambition

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by B. Tekle I. Introduction: The Cartography of Coercion 1.1 The Prosperity Party's Doctrine: Manufacturing an Existential Linkage The ruling Prosperity Party...

Ethiopia: from GERD to Assab, from the Nile to the Red Sea, a painful history lesson

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The GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) is an important work, but one that must be contextualized within a very...