The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) published on 29 August 2019 a discussion between USIP staffers Susan Stigant and Michael Phelan titled "A Year After the Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Deal, What Is the Impact?"
While the authors conclude that the Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal has had a stabilizing impact on the Horn of Africa, it has not resulted in an end of Eritrea's restrictive security state.