April 29, 2026 – In an article in Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, researcher Susanne Berger writes that “The West is Courting Favour with Eritrea – Putting Aside Human-Rights Concerns” (please note behind pay-wall)
“Accommodating autocrats does not make them more cooperative – it emboldens them. Eritrea, one of the world’s most repressive regimes, is being welcomed back into diplomatic circles not because it has changed, but because it is strategically useful. A dangerous trade-off.”
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