The Conversation published on 13 November 2023 a commentary titled "Ethiopia's Abiy Takes a Page from Russia, China in Asserting Right to Restore Historical Claim to Strategic Waters" by Mahad Darar, Colorado State University.
The author argues that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's posturing on landlocked Ethiopia's access to the Red Sea echos Russia's invasion of Crimea and China's military moves in the South China Sea.
