Historian and Horn analyst Gérard Prunier, writing in Le Monde diplomatique, argued that Ethiopia and Eritrea needed a real peace—not only a ceremonial thaw—after decades of militarized stalemate and regional proxy habits.
The essay’s value is analytical rather than spot-news: it placed the 2018 opening against the long war, the unfinished border file, and the risk that personalities and short-term tactics would substitute for institutions.
Kept as a research/opinion reference for readers who want more than wire headlines on why the Horn’s “historic handshake” was always fragile.
Sources: Le Monde diplomatique, Le Monde diplomatique English
