Liam Karr

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Liam Karr is the Africa Team Lead for the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project. He and his team provide expert analysis of geopolitical and security dynamics on the African continent, with a focus on the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, and the Great Lakes regions. He provides regular commentary and updates on his X page, @liam_karr.

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The Egypt-Ethiopia Cold War is Key to the Horn’s Growing Conflicts

Locked in a struggle over the Nile and Red Sea, Cairo is ringing Ethiopia with allies while Addis arms proxies in Sudan — a contest that threatens to fuse the Horn's separate wars into one.

June 15, 2026