Eritrea's Strategic Value Rises as the Red Sea Gets Dangerous
Deutsche Welle reports the US has removed key sanctions on Eritrea as Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping and fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The outlet attributes to analysts the view that Eritrea's strategic value is growing. Read together, the relief looks less like a verdict on Eritrea's government than a repricing of its position: a state becomes useful precisely when its neighbourhood turns dangerous.
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The framing is telling: sanctions come off as Eritrea's strategic value grows, not as anything about Eritrea changing.
Pushback
That cuts both ways. Relief granted for leverage can be withdrawn just as quietly the moment the leverage stops mattering.