ERITREA IN A CONTEXT OF A POLICY FOR REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

Christian Manahl
Head of Delegation, European Union, Eritrea

Co-Discussant
Homayoun Alizadeh
High ranking official with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (up to 2014), now Ministry of Interior

Moderation:
Georg Lennkh, Mitglied des Vorstands des Bruno Kreisky Forums

A consequence of the isolation of Eritrea – lasting for years, and partially self-inflicted – was the fact that Eritrea has disappeared from the debate about the Horn of Africa. Very recently, Eritrea has begun to open up a little and to start a new phase of cooperation with the United Nations and the European Union. What does this mean for Eritrea and the region? What is Eritrea’s significance in the regional strategic security policy? And what are the perspectives, and the risks, of this opening? At the same time, the significance of such a development for the European Union, and for Austria will have to be examined.