Tag: #Red Sea

The Alibi of False Equivalence: Eritrea, Ethiopia and the EU’s Failure in the Horn of Africa

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
The EU Must Name Ethiopia as the Source of Chaos in the Horn by David Yeh Whether it is the U.S....

Barking at Eritrea While Ethiopia Unravels

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
Addis Ababa Can Expel Diplomats. It Cannot Expel Geography. By Alula Frezghi Ethiopia has closed its embassy in Asmara, expelled Eritrean...

Ethiopia: The Guilty Party Playing the Victim

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Ghidewon Abay Asmerom There is an old Tigrinya proverb: “ጭጉራፍሲ ወቂዓ ተእዊ” — “The whip does the lashing, then...

Complicity and Duplicity of External Entities Will Only Deepen the Crisis in Ethiopia and Across the Horn of Africa

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Ahferom Thomas The announcement of the formation of the Coalition of Ethiopian Popular Forces for Survival, on September 20,...

The Red Sea Is Not Abu Dhabi’s Chessboard

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Limits of External Power in the Horn of Africa By Alula Frezghi The most important question...

Ethiopia’s Current Narrative as a Cover for a Much Older Ambition

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Alula Frezghi The most revealing aspect of Ethiopia’s Ruling Party pundits is not what they say about Iran or...

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,...

Access is Negotiable, Sovereignty is Not!

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
Eritrea, Ethiopia, and the Dangerous Recasting of the Red Sea Question By Alula Frezghi A subtle but consequential transformation is unfolding...

The Potemkin Party: Historical Obfuscation and Geopolitical Compellence

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
Weldu Gebrselassie (PhD) & Amleset Negash G.Hiwet Over the last three years, the Potemkin Party (PP) has made concerted efforts...

Manufacturing Non-Viability: Britain’s Plunder and the Economic Dismantling of Eritrea, 1941–1952

History Red Sea Beacon -
By David Yeh Eritrea did not emerge from the Second World War economically empty. It was emptied by the British....

Always Betting on the Wrong Horse: America’s Myopic Policy in the Horn

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
The Sanctions Theater Washington’s latest visa restrictions on so-called “hardline TPLF” leaders are being sold as a contribution to peace....

After the Ship Has Sailed: Ethiopia’s Myth of 3,000-Year Ownership of the Red Sea Coast

Fiction vs. Facts & Reality Red Sea Beacon -
By Simon Zecharias Introduction: Ethiopia did not lose Assab in 1993. It lost an occupation. It lost the temporary possession of...