US think-tank / Red Sea access
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Atlantic Council · United States · Ethiopia and Eritrea mass forces toward Assab as the Horn edges to war
Argues the two are on the brink again, with Abiy needing a unifying national cause as June elections loom and increasingly signalling that regaining Red Sea access could be it — reading the buildup as domestically driven.
“Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of war again.”