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December 18, 2008

Crucial moment for Eritrea

Jendaye Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, has been pushing very hard to designate Eritrea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. This would effectively push Eritrea towards radicalism with Iran and Saudi Arabia at a time when they anticipate better relations with the United States and have pledged a new approach when Obama arrives. It also could potentially strengthen Eritrean president Isaias by permitting him to wrap himself in the flag against the "evil US-Ethiopian alliance" at a time when a crumbling economy might organically bring an end to his dictatorship.

The transition team must work diligently to prevent this catastrophically bad decision that actually works against stated US goals and interests in this region. Labeling governments does not achieve any useful ends. Working with them and talking to them does. That should be one of the lessons of the last eight years.
 
 
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