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Articles, analysis and perspectives written by the Coalition’s writers and guest contributors on Eritrean affairs and the path of democratic transition.
As transitional periods draw to a close, many discover that the harder question was never “who governs?” but “on what basis do they govern?” A reading of the foundations of a social contract that guarantees equal citizenship and the rule of law.
- Dr Suleiman Idris — Coalition writer
- 12 August 2025
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Intellectual and analytical contributions from the Coalition’s writers and from guest contributors.
Power changes hands, but it is the rules governing the relationship between the state and its citizens that endure and determine the fate of change.
- Dr Suleiman Idris — Coalition writer
- 12 August 2025
Between accountability and reconciliation lies a third path built neither on revenge nor on forgetting. A practical approach to a question that will shape the coming period.
- Mona Tesfai — Guest writer
- 6 August 2025
A generation born far from home yet never severed from it. How does the presence of young people turn from emotional sympathy into organised action?
- Sara Woldeab — Coalition writer
- 30 July 2025
The Horn of Africa and the regional balance
The rapid shifts in the Horn of Africa are no longer a foreign affair. A reading of the regional map and its implications for the Eritrean question.
- Ahmed Mahmoud — Guest writer
- 22 July 2025
Cultural diversity is a source of strength, not division
The plurality of languages and cultures in Eritrea is not a problem in search of a solution, but a national asset that needs a just framework to protect it.
- Elsa Tesfamichael — Coalition writer
- 14 July 2025
The rule of law is the condition for stability
States are not made stable by the force of authority alone, but by the force of law. On the relationship between genuine stability and rules everyone knows.
- Dr Suleiman Idris — Coalition writer
- 5 July 2025
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