Why the Abraham Accords Will Not Expand Yet

The claim that Israel is unlikely to find an opening to improve relations with Saudi Arabia even as Saudi expands intelligence sharing and military assistance in its campaign against the Houthis...

The Case against Armed Coalitions and Libya’s Pattern

Certain structural conditions in political history recur with regularity to permit analytical generalization. Armed formations united principally by opposition to an authority periodically formalize...

The Calculus of Separation: Why Washington Will Arm Riyadh But Not Fight for It

The episode reveals a distinction in the U.S.-Saudi security relationship that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: Washington remains willing to assume strategic risk on Riyadh’s behalf,...

Sudan’s Rejection of War with Ethiopia Despite Hardline Voices in Khartoum

The closed door meeting in Djibouti in early May 2026 convened under the mediation of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Malik Agar Deputy Chairman of Sudan's...

Egypt’s Scarcity Narrative and the Reality of Nile Water Use

Egypt has portrayed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as an existential peril to its water security grounding this claim in near total dependence on Nile flows. Analytical scrutiny of Egypt's...

Intelligence Report Details the Deep Crisis inside the TPLF & Eritrea's Calculation

Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis in Context

Pakistan’s Growing Footprint in the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa sits beside one of the most important maritime corridors in the world. Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea lie close to the Gulf of Aden, Bab el Mandeb and the Red Sea, the...

Ethiopia-Based Think Tank Horn Review: Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis In Context | MEMRI

Below is an analysis by the Ethiopia-based think tank Horn Review, examining the renewed crisis in Tigray and its implications for Ethiopia's national unity, sovereignty, and political stability. Th