Egypt’s Bilateral Shift: The Military Build Up in Somalia
Command and Contention
What began as a symbolic political partnership...
Power Projection and Signaling: Egypt’s Somali Return and the Strategic Message to Ethiopia
The military parade in Cairo on February 8, 2026, was...
How the 2026 U.S. Defense Strategy Recasts the Horn of Africa
The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS) signals a...
Deadlock on the Nile: Egypt’s longstanding Hydropolitical Standoff with Ethiopia
While Egypt and Ethiopia have cultivated a diplomatic relationship spanning...
Inside the Mirage: Why Claims of an RSF Base in Ethiopia Don’t Hold Up
By Blen Mamo
Claims that Ethiopia is hosting a secret military...