Without ATMs, with social networks blocked and travel controlled by the government, Eritrea challenges the modern world and reveals why it is called the “North Korea of Africa.”
Country in the Horn of Africa maintains unusual rules for visitors, low digital connectivity, and strong state control, in a reality that contrasts with banking services, internet, and mobility...
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Eritrea’s Totalitarian Order and the “Isaias Doctrine”: A Strategic Case for its Collapse
The Horn of Africa holds a decisive geostrategic position in global politics, serving as an axis where the rivalries of established and emerging global powers intersect. Its proximity to the Red...
Eritrea is uniquely situated to help Israel, in Africa and beyond
Iran continues to expand its influence in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. Iran has built a stronghold in the region, an arc of influence stretching from Eritrea to Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and...
Iran’s Drone Supply Network to Eritrea and Ethiopia’s National Security Imperative
The recent reported satellite imagery revealing arrival of Belarusian Ilyushin-62 freighter in Massawa, tracing the route of a sanctioned Iranian Fars Air Qeshm 747 just weeks earlier, has triggered...
PART II. The Twin Dreamers of Abyssinian Kings and a Dead Empire
In Part One of this series, “The Quest for Mama Ethiopia,” I argued that Isaias Afwerki and Abiy Ahmed are not obsessed with the countries they govern. They are not focused on the nation state of...
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