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Ivan Kopytsev

Ivan Kopytsev

New Eastern Outlook

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Conflict in Sudan: current assessment

The conflict in Sudan, which has been going on for more than a year and a half, is today unfolding in a curious way; unfolding, on the one hand, in...

14.11.2024 40

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia: a look at the motivations of the participants in the three-party alliance

With news of the formation of a new three-party alliance between Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, there has been an increasing consolidation of...

28.10.2024 70

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

The Horn of Africa: Growing Escalation. Part 2

The ongoing “bargaining of actions” between Ethiopia and its opponents could have diametrically opposite consequences: from direct escalation to...

17.10.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

The Horn of Africa: Growing Escalation Part 1

The clearly visible and practically tangible escalation in tensions between Ethiopia on the one hand and Somalia and Egypt on the other calls into...

15.10.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Internal split in the TPLF: current situation, Part 2

The previously strong and united TPLF is now experiencing the most acute internal crisis in its history, and risks becoming easy prey for its external...

04.10.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Internal split in the TPLF: history of the party, part 1

The major split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has the potential to significantly shift the balance of power not only in the Tigray...

29.09.2024 40

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Cairo is “joining the team”: another step towards escalation?

In recent weeks, the Horn of Africa has continued to treat the expert community to a series of political developments that require careful reflection...

05.09.2024 50

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Libya: two armies and two partners. Explaining the dynamics of military co-operation between Tripoli and Tobruk with the US and Russia

I n the context of a long lull in Libya, when the parties have given up direct fighting and toughened political rhetoric, the first steps towards the...

28.08.2024 60

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Increasing Egyptian influence in the Horn of Africa: appealing to anti-Ethiopian sentiments

In the post-colonial history of Africa, Egypt has steadily remained one of the most active players, whose well-established ambitions and resources...

22.08.2024 50

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

A turning point or a new round of escalation: an analysis of the political and military consequences of the fighting in northern Mali

At the end of July 2024, the Malian armed forces, supported by the PMC Wagner, launched another offensive in the north of the country against the...

05.08.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Military cooperation or solid guarantees: Somaliland soldiers in Ethiopia

Against the background of the intensification of Ethiopian foreign policy, which has highlighted the issue of obtaining direct access to the sea, the...

30.07.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Russia and Sudan resume plans to create logistics base: reasons for changes

At SPIEF, Deputy Head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan Malik Agar arrived in Russia along with other high-ranking guests. According to experts ,...

27.06.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Libya today: a configuration of political institutions

Since 2011 Libya has somewhat been a ‘terra incognita’ on the political map of the world. The processes happening within the country, as well as...

21.06.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Amendment on legalisation: formalisation of the status quo and a signal to the ’unreconciled’? On political news from Ethiopia

Against the background of the emergence of information about the adoption by the House of Representatives of Ethiopia of an amendment regulating...

08.06.2024 50

New Eastern Outlook

Ivan Kopytsev

Foreign policy implications of the conflict in Sudan: neighbors

The more than year-long armed conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces has already had dire consequences, including a...

24.05.2024 30

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Ivan Kopytsev

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