SLK :
Ethiopia increasingly finds itself navigating a strategic triangle involving Washington, Beijing and the Middle East. Addis Ababa appears to be drawing closer to the U.S. strategic orbit on several fronts, while maintaining its long-standing partnership with China. The Bishoftu mega-airport is a perfect example: it is becoming another arena of U.S.–China geoeconomic competition, with Washington actively pushing for American commercial and technological participation while Chinese state-linked firms remain deeply positioned in the bidding process.
Then comes the wider Israel vs Iran geopolitical fault line. Ethiopia’s relationship with Israel, combined with the changing security architecture of the Red Sea and Horn of Africa, inevitably intersects with the strategic interests of Washington, Beijing, Cairo and Tehran.
Against that backdrop, Xi’s renewed courtship of Sisi, and Beijing giving noticeably greater diplomatic weight to Egypt’s concerns over Nile water security, is difficult to view entirely outside the broader balance-of-power game.
In geopolitical language, this is strategic hedging, leverage and competitive alignment.
In dating language? Abiy has been getting a little too friendly with DJT, Xi noticed… and suddenly Xi is taking Sisi out for a very expensive dinner. 😂
2026-09-08 12:45:34