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Eritrea’s Future is Bright

History Red Sea Beacon -
By Michael Solomon, MD As we celebrate the 35th Eritrean Independence Day, it is useful to reflect on the country’s...

“The Econocracy”: Is There Only One Way of Doing Economics?

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
by Amleset Negash G. Hiwet The Econocracy: On the Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts is a book written...

Sovereignty by Appropriation: Ethiopia’s Recurrent Illusion and the Power It Cannot See

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By David Yeh Introduction When a state begins shouting about sovereignty, it is usually because it no longer possesses it. The Potemkin...

Ethiopia’s Manufactured Crisis Narrative and the Risks It Poses to the Horn of Africa

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Alula Frezghi Introduction When governments lose control of their internal narrative, they often look outward for a target. In today’s...

Ethiopia’s Illusion of Stability

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By David Yeh Introduction When a government announces that inflation has finally fallen into single digits, it is meant to signal...

Ethiopian Ruling Party’s Obsession with Hegemonic Ambitions

Research & Analysis Red Sea Beacon -
By Debesai Tesfu The Horn of Africa is closely watching Ethiopian ruling party’s incessant, aggressive aspirations for a sovereign coastline...

Who Moved My Aid? A Tale of Two Nations in the Maze of Global Cheese Dependency

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
by Ezra Musa In the often-shady buffet line of global development funding, the classic corporate narrative of "Who Moved My...

Financing the Fire: How the IMF and World Bank Risk Having Blood on Their Hands

Research & Analysis Red Sea Beacon -
Eyob Tesfamichael Habtab The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were established to address macroeconomic instability, provide balance of payments...

Eritrea’s Red Sea Sovereignty: An Irrevocable Reality

History Red Sea Beacon -
by Red Sea Beacon An Addis Ababa–based outlet calling itself the Horn Review, styling itself an “independent research platform,” has...

Debt, Division, and Disaster: The Making of Ethiopia’s Crisis State

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
by Ibrahim A. Ibrahim Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia has been grappling with extraordinary challenges that...