8 Oct

The Houthi-al-Shabaab Nexus and the Emerging Security Architecture of the Gulf of Aden

The growing relationship between Yemen’s Houthi movement and Somalia’s al-Shabaab...

8 Oct

The Makkah Pact and the Limits of Collective Defence

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement rests on an ambitious...

8 Oct

After Years of Turnover, Ethiopia Chooses Continuity in Its Foreign Ministry

Abiy Ahmed’s decision to retain Gedion Timothewos as foreign minister...

8 Oct

Ethiopia’s Northern Crisis: Actors, Interests and the Anatomy of Escalation

Our latest report, examines the renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia...

7 Oct

“Decaffeinated Sovereignty”: Eritrea’s One-Way Street with Ethiopia

There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart of Eritrea’s...