The Red Sea Roulette
What actually transpired was an exhibition in diplomatic theatre of such refined quality that it merits examination not as a breakthrough, but as a perfect specimen of how great-power politics operates in the twenty-first century Horn of Africa. Every phrase was chosen to signify commitment without prescribing action. Every topic was discussed in a manner that guaranteed continued disagreement. Every statement of ‘shared values’ masked fundamentally incompatible interests.
And in this theatre, one must understand, lies the actual story of how the region will continue to be shaped—not by democratic impulses, not by humanitarian concern, but by the cold calculus of strategic advantage.