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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...