Tag Archive for: Geopolitics
Ethiopia’s worsening crisis threatens regional, Mideast security
Source: Al-Monitor | Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman
With the Horn of Africa increasingly becoming an integral part of the Middle East’s security landscape, the fallout from Ethiopia's current crisis will have a significant impact on states…
Strong Defence on a Shoestring Budget: How Capable Are Ethiopia’s Armed Forces?
Source: Military Watch Magazine
Ethiopia has long faced a precarious security situation, enduring threats from a number of sources including the Al Shabab militant group operating from neighbouring Somalia, territorial disputes with neighbouring…
The Middle East Cold War Behind the Ethiopian Crisis
On the ground, the fight between the Federal Army and TPLF troops has been determined by drones. The drones take off from the base of Assab that is operated by the UAE, formerly used as a base for its military operations in Yemen.
Source: Institute…
Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union
Source: Reuters | Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As diplomats gathered at the African Union’s headquarters earlier this year to prepare for its annual leaders’ summit, employees of the international organization made a disturbing…
Somalia: America’s Next “Afghanistan?”
Source: 1945.com | Edward Chang
On March 3, 1994, the United States military accomplished what has become unthinkable today – complete a total withdrawal from an ongoing conflict.
After the political fiasco wrought by the Battle of Mogadishu…
China Has Been Spying on the African Union Headquarters
Beijing has gone out of its way to gain information on African leaders in order to compel and coerce them into supporting China’s international goals.
Source: National Interest | Joshua Meservey
Last week, a report emerged that hackers,…
The Future of Warfare in 2030
Source: RAND research
Overview
Who will the United States fight against and who will fight with it? Where will these future conflicts be fought? What will future conflicts look like? How will they be fought? And why will the United States go…
The Potential Impact Of Us Troop Withdrawal For The Future Of Somalia
The decision of the outgoing Trump administration to pull out US troops from Somalia by 15 January has come at a particularly critical period for the East African region. This could have broader security and humanitarian implications, threatening…
Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga
Source: BBC | Alex de Waal, African Analyst
The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry between the two countries, though it is rare for the two armies to fight…
US businessmen are close to exploiting Ethiopia’s oil plans in a multibillion-dollar scheme
Source: Quartz Africa | By Zecharias Zelalm
An Ethiopian-American investor and his partners are on the brink of pulling off an elaborate scheme that may unfairly take advantage of Ethiopia’s long-held ambitions to build its own oil &…