The Geopolitical Power of Water

Podcast: The Decision Advantage · RANE Network

Opublikowano: 2026-02-04

On September 9, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile at a high-profile ceremony in the presence of several regional heads of state. But while the inauguration of the Renaissance dam was seen as a triumph by many Ethiopians, it sparked fresh backlash from downstream Egypt and Sudan, with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al Sisi denouncing Ethiopia’s inauguration ceremony as unilateralism and stressing that Egypt would take “all necessary measures to protect its interests and water security.” In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst Rémi Dodd...