Tomorrow at 4:30PM at #Dartmouth or online: The Red Sea in Crisis -- Peace & Turmoil in Africa and the Middle East. Susan Stigant, & Michael Woldemariam explore the complex transregional dynamics & their implications on global trade and security and the U.S. interests at stake.
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I joined ICG's Horn of Africa podcast last week to discuss Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions. Includes reflections on the impact of some important regional and extra-regional dynamics: Saudi-UAE rift, Israel-Somaliland recognition deal, and even the Venezuela strikes.
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New essay in Foreign Policy on US approaches to the growing strategic entanglements between Africa and the Middle East. Thanks to my co-author Zuri Linetsky for his collaboration.
Great discussion on bilateral and regional issues in the Horn as seen through the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social
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New essay in Foreign Policy with Abel Abate D. on Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions. It covers the sources of mutual restraint thus far; some of the factors that are eroding this delicate balance; and what can be done to avert another war the Horn of Africa cannot afford.
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Washington will need to “begin treating the continent as a region of genuine strategic value, rather than as expendable at the altar of its Middle East agenda.”
Great piece from @zurilinetsky.bsky.social and @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social on how the US lets Gulf powers wreak havoc on Africa
My new essay in Current History reflects on transitional crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. It treats these cases as part of the same story- not just because their transitions played out at roughly same time, but because they were burdened by similar problems and proved to be interdependent in key ways.
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This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, about the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the political crisis in Tigr...
Open Letter to Members of Congress from U.S.-based Scholars of Foreign Affairs Dear Senators John Thune and Charles Schumer, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Chai...
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This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss the rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, its links to the situation i...
Changing dynamics in Tigray could erode the current balance of uncertainty.
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The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...
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The Iran war sparked a discussion about Gulf middle powers.
In a new essay for @foreignpolicy.com with @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social we explain how & why the US built Gulf states into middle powers & how they then exercised their nascent capabilities in Africa.
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Gulf states have emerged as a new middle power & Africa is a key component of their foreign policy. US has historically accommodated their adventurism in Africa, failing to protect core US interest of stability across the increasingly important continent
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Why Washington let its Middle Eastern partners wreak havoc in Africa.
