@alanboswell

Horn of Africa director @CrisisGroup. host, The Horn.

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I have a new essay out in @ForeignAffairs about how the Horn of Africa is getting sucked into the Middle East at an ever accelerating pace-- and about how the hard division between the two regions was always ahistorical. foreignaffairs.com/middle-ea…

The New Red Sea Wars

Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.

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🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn This week on The Horn, @alanboswell speaks with @MikeWoldemariam about the renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia and whether it could draw Ethiopia and Eritrea into a wider war. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/e…

Ethiopia and Eritrea, On the Cusp of War | International Crisis Group

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, about the renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia and whether it could draw Ethiopia and...

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As the UNSC is due to meet later today to discuss, @CrisisGroup issues a warning about how dangerously close we are to a new #Ethiopia-#Eritrea war.
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Ethiopia & Eritrea have edged ever closer to conflict. Pulling them back from the brink of war should be the priority for all those interested in preventing a deadly chain of interconnected conflicts from snaking across Africa's Horn and Red Sea regions. crisisgroup.org/alr/africa/e…

Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War | International Crisis Group

Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.

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Ethiopia & Eritrea have edged ever closer to conflict. Pulling them back from the brink of war should be the priority for all those interested in preventing a deadly chain of interconnected conflicts from snaking across Africa's Horn and Red Sea regions. crisisgroup.org/alr/africa/e…

Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War | International Crisis Group

Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.

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I discuss here how very close we are to a new #Ethiopia-#Eritrea war, the broader regional and Red Sea dynamics, and why much-needed deescalation will be very hard.
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🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire! This week, @atwoodr is joined by @alanboswell to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and what may prevent further escalation. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/h…

How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War? | International Crisis Group

In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director, Alan Boswell, to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between...

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I discuss here how very close we are to a new #Ethiopia-#Eritrea war, the broader regional and Red Sea dynamics, and why much-needed deescalation will be very hard.
Crisis Group
@CrisisGroupOct 9
🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire! This week, @atwoodr is joined by @alanboswell to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and what may prevent further escalation. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/h…

How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War? | International Crisis Group

In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director, Alan Boswell, to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between...

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@CrisisGroupOct 9
🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire! This week, @atwoodr is joined by @alanboswell to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and what may prevent further escalation. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/h…

How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War? | International Crisis Group

In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director, Alan Boswell, to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the risk of direct war between...

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I expanded on my latest @NewYorker column in Substack, with shout-outs to smart, related pieces by @alanboswell, @_hudsonc, @joshuakeating, and others ishaantharoor.substack.com/p…
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Comfort Ero@EroComfortOct 9
🙏🏿 @NobelPrize In honouring Navi Pillay you reaffirm the universality of international law and the importance of peace. A wonderful tribute to an extraordinary South African who has devoted her life to defending both. And to do this now sends a powerful message. 💫❤️
The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. #NobelPrize
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@AJEnglishOct 8
Eritrean soldiers have reportedly been seen driving through northern Ethiopia. Eritrea denies that its troops have crossed the border town of Zelambessa. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports.

Eritrea denies troop deployment in Ethiopia as fighting escalates

More on Aljazeera.com

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The essay includes this @ForeignAffairs map
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“For much of the past century, policymakers have treated the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as separate strategic regions divided by the Red Sea. That distinction is now evaporating,” writes @alanboswell. bit.ly/4AXuUPm
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Ishaan Tharoor
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A vital look at the chaos and gravity of the situation in the Horn of Africa by @alanboswell foreignaffairs.com/middle-ea…

The New Red Sea Wars

Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.

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“Unless leaders in both the Middle East and the Horn of Africa recognize how interconnected their security dilemmas have become, instability will continue to ricochet in both directions,” writes @alanboswell. foreignaffairs.com/middle-ea…

The New Red Sea Wars

Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.

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Abel Abate Demissie
@Abele_aOct 2
As Federal government forces close in on Mekelle, @AhmedSolHoA and I argue that the current conflict in #Tigray may not remain confined within Ethiopia’s borders. The tit-for-tat closure of embassies between #Ethiopia and #Eritrea could offer an early indication of how tensions may evolve and the potential for the conflict to take on a broader regional dimension. chathamhouse.org/2026/10/war… @AfricaProg @ChathamHouse

War has returned to Tigray. This time it may not stay in Ethiopia

As fighting escalates in Tigray and neighbouring areas, there are fears that Ethiopia’s internal instability could spill over into the wider Horn of Africa region.

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Powerful, nuanced, and textured overview of Sudan’s war from @YousraElbagir, who has reported inside it and lived it.
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🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn This week, @alanboswell speaks with @YousraElbagir about her reporting from inside Sudan’s war, including around El Obeid and El Fasher, how Sudanese are surviving the war and how the war could end. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/s…

Inside Sudan’s War | International Crisis Group

In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Yousra Elbagir, Sky News’s Africa correspondent, about her reporting from inside Sudan’s war, including around El Obeid and El Fasher, how Sudanese are...

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🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn This week, @alanboswell speaks with @YousraElbagir about her reporting from inside Sudan’s war, including around El Obeid and El Fasher, how Sudanese are surviving the war and how the war could end. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/s…

Inside Sudan’s War | International Crisis Group

In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Yousra Elbagir, Sky News’s Africa correspondent, about her reporting from inside Sudan’s war, including around El Obeid and El Fasher, how Sudanese are...

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“This is a moment that calls for very active, serious, preventive diplomacy. Otherwise, you could have a region-wide conflagration.” Our Africa Director, @Mutigam, speaks with @CNN to talk about ways out of the dangerous escalation in northern Ethiopia.
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Recently, I joined the Africa-West Asia podcast @CARPObonn to take a step back and discuss the entangling Horn + Gulf regions across Red Sea. Spoke here about historical ties, post-Arab Spring, the Saudi-UAE rift, Iran war fallout, and where now. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcas…

Bonus Episode | Two Shores, One Sea: The Horn of Africa and West Asia in a Contested Red Sea

Podcast Episode · The Horn · 25 September · 43min

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Murithi Mutiga@mutigamSep 29
War has returned to northern Ethiopia, thanks to elites who did not have the courage to give peace a chance. My analysis here in this new @CrisisGroup podcast. crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/e…

Back to War in Ethiopia? | International Crisis Group

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, how the conflict could unfold, the risks of regional...

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