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[Wedi]

United states Institute of Peace:

Final Report and Recommendations of the Senior Study Group on Peace and Security in the Red Sea Arena

Thursday, October 29, 2020

"...... In addition, both Ethiopia and Sudan are navigating the most significant political transitions since the end of the Cold War in which the fundamental assumptions underlying each state’s political structure and governance model are being reexamined and challenged The tran-sitions in Ethiopia and Sudan present an opportunity to set the region on a transformative new trajectory toward reform and stability, yet they also carry a risk of state failure that, given these states’ combined population of more than 150 million, would send a tidal wave of insta-bility across Africa and the Middle East "

https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/ ... ty-red-sea

The report, 64pp in pdf
https://www.usip.org/sites/default/file ... report.pdf

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[Fiyameta]

It would be interesting to see how you agame can align your Abay Tigray Republic's agenda with the recommendations made by USIP. Hey, if Mercha Kassa of Tigray could do just that to ascend to the throne, so can his headless descendants. Right?

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A political and diplomatic strategy to inoculate the Horn of Africa against the fallout of Middle Eastern rivalries

* Undertake a sustained diplomatic campaign to broker a détente in the Horn of Africa between the rival Middle Eastern blocs, remove that region as a battleground for their competition, and preserve the sovereignty of the Horn’s states

* Catalyze a new regional architecture that minimizes contestation and maximizes cooperation

[Abere]

The question is about the Big Elephant in the Room, that is why are matters not left to the Sovereign East African region not the Western power - that is none of their business? Do Africans really need a suit tailor or an architecture of a recipe for domination? They had done so in the past and nothing fit to their size. The east African region is the manufacturing site of the world's largest refugee population - that is the result. Has become the land of little dictators, terrorists of their own citizens, genocidal thugs.

[tarik]

Revelations aka agame boy, stay out of Eritrean red-sea and worry about ur cursed-land-tigray red-sea. Here is cursed-land-tigray port aka red-sea. !!! WEEY GUUD !!!

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Structural reforms to overcome the bureaucratic seams within the U.S. government

* Designate a special envoy with responsibility for the Red Sea arena

OR

*Designate the deputy secretary of state as the interagency lead for developing and executing an integrated strategy on the Red Sea arena

IN EITHER CASE

*Establish an interagency policy committee (IPC) on the Red Sea arena, co-chaired by the National Security Council senior directors for Africa and the Middle East

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Realignment of U.S. assistance to promote inclusive, legitimate governance and economic growth

Designate the Horn of Africa as a priority region under the Global Fragility Act (2019)

*Require a five-year Integrated Regional Strategy for the Red Sea arena encompassing the State Department, Defense Department, and USAID

*Designate the USAID administrator as the president’s special assistance coordinator for the Red Sea and establish a USAID Red Sea task force

*Reinvigorate the ministeriallevel "Tidewater Group" plus the U.N., the AU, IGAD, the IFIs, and the Gulf states with a specific focus on the Red Sea

*Establish a G20 working group on debt relief for the Horn of Africa to catalyze a dialogue among Paris Club and non-Paris Club creditors

*Designate the Horn of Africa as a priority region by the Development Finance Corporation

*Explore qualified industrial zones as mechanisms for promoting regional cooperation among Red Sea states

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Active congressional engagement

*Strengthen coordination among the relevant congressional bodies on both a transregional (i.e., Africa and Middle East) and interdisciplinary (i.e., foreign affairs, armed services, appropriations) basis

*Establish reporting requirements on the destabilizing actions by Middle Eastern states in the Horn of Africa

*Encourage bipartisan congressional champions to provide particular support to the transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan