China’s invisible cage and the Eurasian Triad: how Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow constrain Ethiopia’s ambitions in 2026

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In 2026 Ethiopia’s strategic options are constrained by more than bilateral dependence on Beijing. The emergence of a China‑Iran‑Russia axis—what some analysts call the Eurasian Triad—has transformed Eritrea into a strategic linchpin for an anti‑Western bloc in the Red Sea. That alignment deepens and multiplies the mechanisms that keep Addis Ababa…