The Satellite Saw It First: When a Distant Conflict Froze Ethiopia’s Economy

(This piece draws on preliminary findings from an ongoing academic study using satellite-based radar analysis to monitor economic activity at the Port of Djibouti.) On February 28, the world’s attention was fixed on the flashes over the Strait of Hormuz—one of the world’s busiest oil chokepoints, as missiles and drones traded fire across a narrow []