Tag: #Mombassa

The Red Sea Should Be a Bridge, Not a Battlefield: Sovereignty and Sea Access in the Horn of Africa

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
Ahmed Ibrahim The history of a coastline cannot be rewritten simply because a neighboring country has become landlocked. For Eritrea,...

Maritime Dreams, Geopolitical Realities: Why Ethiopia’s Sea Access Ambitions Are at Risk

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By David Yeh Introduction There is a dangerous moment in statecraft when ambition stops being anchored in reality and begins to...

The GERD as Bargaining Chip

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Sirak Kifle and David Yeh A few weeks ago, Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party floated what it likely believed was...

Inventing a Coastline: Ethiopia’s Red Sea claims and the politics of manufactured grievance

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Ethiopia’s claim to a Red Sea “right” is not about trade or access, which international law...

Ethiopia’s Path to the Sea: Legal Options Without Violating Somalian, Djiboutian, or Eritrean Sovereignty

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by Yemane Abselom Why Poverty and Endless Wars—Not Geography—Are Ethiopia’s Real Enemy As Ethiopia intensifies its rhetoric about a “rightful path...