The UK-based
African Arguments published on 13 January 2014 my commentary titled "
Time to Bring Eritrea in from the Cold (But It's Harder than It Sounds)." This is follow-on to the commentary by former assistant secretary of state Hank Cohen published by
African Arguments on 16 December 2013 and carried below. I agree with Cohen's goal of normalizing relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but recent history between the two countries makes it more difficult than it might appear. As for an improvement in relations between Eritrea and the United States, this depends as much on Eritrea as it does on the United States.
