The Chaos Is the Strategy
How a smaller world makes America look greater
I. A hypothesis few seem willing to entertain
Since the opening of hostilities with Iran — now entering...
Eritrea in the New Global Copper Squeeze
Eid Mubarak to all.
May this blessed day bring peace, strength, and unity to your families and communities. May it be a time of reflection,...
Strategy, Memory, and Double Standards in the Horn of Africa
The current exchange between Jawar Mohammed and Getachew Reda over Ethiopia’s alleged role in supporting Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces is more than a social...
Political Agency: The Sudanese Case
What Political Agency Really Means
In the language of the social sciences, agency is not a decorative concept. It is the point at which history...
Ninety Years in the Sky: How Ethiopia’s Air Force Learned to...
There are moments when a military parade tells you more by what it hides than by what it shows. Ethiopia’s recent celebration of the...
Who Is an Intellectual? Education, Knowledge, and Responsibility
The Word and Its History
In Europe, the figure of the intellectual takes shape when knowledge ceases to be a private possession and becomes a...
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