Crumbling of Rentier Fortress - Ethiopia's Maritime Pivot, Decline of Djibouti's Monopoly

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- For much of the past three decades, the political economy of the Horn of Africa rested on a fragile but durable arrangement: Ethiopia's overwhelming dependence on Djibouti as its primary maritime gateway and Djibouti's ability to convert geography into political (…)