{"id":272560,"date":"2019-04-30T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=b16be9a2c5b97070086e921c58ec7774"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:33:57","slug":"wpr-while-remaking-itself-ethiopia-also-remade-its-middle-east-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/272560","title":{"rendered":"WPR: while remaking itself, Ethiopia also remade its Middle East ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In spring 2019 World Politics Review argued that Abiy Ahmed\u2019s domestic rupture, Eritrea thaw, and promised elections came alongside a sharper turn toward wealthy Gulf and Turkish partners across the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-429435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Eritrean-troops.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WPR: while remaking itself, Ethiopia also remade its Middle East ties\" \/>\n<p>The Horn had already been stitched by Gulf and Turkish outreach before Abiy. His rise accelerated a break from older Ethiopian caution about letting Red Sea capitals set terms for ports, finance, and security friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Middle East money is never free. It arrives with bases, loans, religious soft power, and expectations about how Addis votes when Gulf rivalries heat up.<\/p>\n<p>As geopolitics archive, the WPR essay still frames a live question: under Abiy Ahmed\u2019s regime, how much Ethiopian sovereignty is leased when Red Sea patrons write the checks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpoliticsreview.com\/amid-revolutionary-change-at-home-ethiopia-is-remaking-its-middle-east-ties\/\">World Politics Review<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid Revolutionary Change at Home, Ethiopia Is Remaking Its Middle East Ties&nbsp;&nbsp;World Politics ReviewAs Ethiopia undergoes a rapid transformation under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, it is forging a new set of ties with wealthy Middle Eastern natio&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":429435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Eritrean-troops.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-18U8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602511,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272560\/revisions\/602511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}