Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden

Evidence

The Ogaden conflict, as we have seen, prompted an extraordinary volte-face in superpower alignments in the Horn of Africa. The Russians who had, as it were, come in to Somalia with the Ogaden (see above), went out with it, an about-turn which testified to the abiding force of local nationalism in the area – a point to which we shall return shortly. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574

Categorization

• XREF: Directly pays off the earlier chapters on the 1977 Soviet shift from Somalia to Ethiopia. — connects to: The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic; Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict; Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563

Related

• Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict (similarity 0.95)
• The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic (similarity 0.93)
• By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps (similarity 0.89)
• Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. (similarity 0.89)
• Ethiopia’s Soviet-Cuban campaign shifted from the Ogaden to a harder Eritrean front (similarity 0.81)
• Ethiopian meddling in Somalia revived Somali nationalism, culminating in the 1977 Ogaden war. (similarity 0.78)