Kjetil Tronvoll is professor of peace and conflict studies at Oslo New University College, Norway. His books include The African Garrison State: Human Rights and Political Development in Eritrea (with Daniel R. Mekonnen, 2017) and War and the Politics of Identity in Ethiopia: The Making of Enemies and Allies in the Horn of Africa (2009).
Eritrea is one of the world’s most implacable dictatorships, led by an octogenarian who shuns any hint of accountability. The country’s democratic path was never genuinely open, and it now poses a grave risk to the Horn of Africa.
