"It's easier to proceed than to reserve course."

Mar 16 , 2025

Payton Knopf, a former US deputy special envoy for the Horn of Africa, and Alexander Rondos, previously the EU’s special representative for the region, have called on leaders from the Western countries and the Gulf States to intervene before hostilities break out between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Writing in Foreign Policy, the two veteran diplomats warned that tensions risk escalating into open conflict if an international effort defuse the situation pre-emptively.




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